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There's obviously no blood-brain barrier for bacteria so I wonder how they protect themselves from being affected by surrounding metabolites or hijacked by comp
by pazimzadeh 11y ago
There's obviously no blood-brain barrier for bacteria so I wonder how they protect themselves from being affected by surrounding metabolites or hijacked by competing organisms.
Here's the paper: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature15709.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/natu...
I'd love a copy of the pdf - my school login's not working right now.
- w1ntermute 11y agoJust append 'sci-hub.org' to the domain name of a journal article URL to get it for free: http://www.nature.com.sci-hub.org/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature15709.html http://www.nature.com.sci-hub.org/nature/journal/vaop/ncurre...
- pazimzadeh 11y agoAmazing, thanks.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoYou can always tweet #icanhazpdf :-) [1] https://twitter.com/hashtag/icanhazpdf https://twitter.com/hashtag/icanhazpdf
- jack9 11y agoBacteria have their own protection mechanisms. That being said, your question belies an assumption. Is it not brain-like if it's damaged/attacked? The blood-brain barrier is a structure the human brain has developed that provides a kind of protection. Things still get through and affect the human brain. So the idea of "protection" is a matter of vector, intensity, and the nature of the interaction being "protected". e.g. If a pain receptor is no longer registering due to an opiate, has the brain been disrupted?