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> fetal microchimerism This is just a fact of reality for any women that have children though. Eg male chromosomes from fetuses being found in women’s brains:
by dwroberts 2y ago
> fetal microchimerism
This is just a fact of reality for any women that have children though.
Eg male chromosomes from fetuses being found in women’s brains: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3458919/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3458919/
(I don’t think this is believed to be unusual or an example of ‘containment failure’ of the womb)
- Qem 2y ago> Results also suggested lower prevalence (p = 0.03) and concentration (p = 0.06) of male microchimerism in the brains of women with Alzheimer’s disease than the brains of women without neurologic disease. It appears it may even be protective.
- HPsquared 2y agoIt's probably the whole "lifestyle package" difference between having children and not. Hard to pin down a single biochemical factor in that.