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fossilesque@mander.xyz to Biology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

The brain has its own microbiome. Here's what it means for your health

www.newscientist.com

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The brain has its own microbiome. Here's what it means for your health

www.newscientist.com

fossilesque@mander.xyz to Biology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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Neuroscientists have been surprised to discover that the human brain is teeming with microbes, and we are beginning to suspect they could play a role in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's
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    1 year ago

    Do you have a link to the scientific paper(s) that this article references?

    I’m a neuroscientist, and my microbiologist girlfriend and I always debate about the importance of microbes to neuroscience.

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      I believe this is another writeup: https://www.science.org/content/article/can-infections-cause-alzheimer-s-small-community-researchers-determined-find-out as the woman mentioned in the NS article runs AlzPI.

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      PS a number of YT videos popped up when I searched her name, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrdIwH_WZ3k

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