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From the article: > When microbes have been found in the human brain, they are associated with active infections or typically linked to a breakdown in the barr
by Aloisius 2y ago
From the article:
> When microbes have been found in the human brain, they are associated with active infections or typically linked to a breakdown in the barrier due to diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
I think the question is whether there is a brain microbiome in healthy people, which seems to still be an open question.
- cbsmith 2y agoI mean, we know about all kinds of microbes that can be in the brains of "unhealthy" people, and we've known that for ages (taxoplasmosis and CJD come to mind). The association in the article isn't a case of "we didn't find it in healthy people", but "we found it in more in unhealthy people". From the article: "It found that, while there was a remarkable diversity of species in the control brains, there were often overgrowths of certain bugs in Alzheimer’s brains."