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I was very surprised that just last year, 2023, we discovered a whole ass thin membrane covering the brain we didn't know was there. The thin membrane discover
by sethammons 2y ago
I was very surprised that just last year, 2023, we discovered a whole ass thin membrane covering the brain we didn't know was there.
The thin membrane discovered, again, just last year, is called the Subarachnoid Lymphatic-like Membrane (SLYM), and apparently acts as a protective barrier separating "clean" and "dirty" cerebrospinal fluid among potentially other things.
We don't know a lot.
- hirenj 2y agoOn this topic, you might be interested in this article and the related discussion regarding novel anatomy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41517059 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41517059
- eleveriven 2y agoJust how much we still don’t know about the brain and its protective systems... It’s crazy to think that a major part of the brain’s anatomy was essentially hiding in plain sight for all these years.