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

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335104-500-the-brain-has-its-own-microbiome-heres-what-it-means-for-your-health/

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  • lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I believe this is another writeup: science.org/…/can-infections-cause-alzheimer-s-sm… as the woman mentioned in the NS article runs AlzPI.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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