Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc

Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc, is a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, codirector of the Center for Translational Neuromedicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, both in New York, and leader of an animal study on the role of adenosine in acupuncture.

What Acupuncture Skeptics Should Know
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What Acupuncture Skeptics Should Know

Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc | August 6, 2014

Next time you hear someone scoff at acupuncture, enlighten him or her by sharing some fascinating new information about adenosine,…

How Sleep Sweeps Toxins from Your Brain

How Sleep Sweeps Toxins from Your Brain

Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc | February 25, 2014

It’s tempting to shortchange ourselves on sleep. There’s so much that needs to get done while we’re awake, and science…