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
  • lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org
    ·
    26 days 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.

    • fossilesque@mander.xyz
      ·
      26 days ago

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

    • fossilesque@mander.xyz
      ·
      26 days ago

      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.