Discovery of the first evidence of the existence of bacteria inhabiting the human brain

Scientists have for the first time discovered the presence of bacteria living in the human brain, suggesting that they were affected by the bloodstream of the intestine.

This discovery, which coincides after analyzing the brains of some dead human beings, has been described as "sensational" and "revolutionary".

Scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham presented their findings at a major conference in San Diego last week.

This study originally aimed to compare the differences between the brains of people in good mental health and those with schizophrenia.

The results are likely to pave the way for new methods totally investigating how bacteria affect our brain.

It is known that the brain is protected from bacteria and viruses that wrap around the membrane, and until now it has been thought that anything that enters this membrane causes serious illness.

Dr. Ronald McGregor of the University of California at Los Angeles, who did not participate in the research, described the result as "scary for the mind".

It is known that bacteria in our intestines affect the health of the rest of the body and are likely to control weight, possibly related to anxiety and depression.

But it can be linked to the bacteria itself, affecting both the intestines and the brain when it passes into the bloodstream.

Scientists, led by Dr. Rosalinda Roberts, have warned that the 34 brains tested could be contaminated because they belong to the dead, but the way bacteria are spread in the brain suggests that it is not safe to eat. 39, was not a coincidence.

Dr. Roberts found the bacteria in the microscopic slides, but initially ignored them as she was looking for something else.

But after observing her appearance in all the brains she examined, Dr. Roberts sent a sample to a bacterium, where he had already confirmed that the samples belonged to a bacterium.

Scientists tested mice for the presence of bacteria in the brain and found that rodents without bacteria in their gut had no bacteria in their brains, and vice versa.

Dr. Roberts and her colleagues did not know how the bacterium had reached the brain, but they said that they passed into the blood and attached to the nerve fibers inside the skull.

Source: Daily Mail