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Re: For the jimp | Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behaviour

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/26/15 1:59 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> Oh great, medical "news" from the spamming shit head to the physics
>> group...
> 
>   Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota
>   might influence brain development and behaviour
>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-tantalizing-links-between-gut-microbes-and-the-brain/?WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20151026
> 
>> Knickmeyer is excited to see something else from the children?their
>> faecal microbiota, the array of bacteria, viruses and other microbes
>> that inhabit their guts. Her project (affectionately known as 'the
>> poop study') is part of a small but growing effort by neuroscientists
>> to see whether the microbes that colonize the gut in infancy can
>> alter brain development.
>>
>> The project comes at a crucial juncture. A growing body of data,
>> mostly from animals raised in sterile, germ-free conditions, shows
>> that microbes in the gut influence behaviour and can alter brain
>> physiology and neurochemistry.
>>
>> In humans, the data are more limited. Researchers have drawn links
>> between gastrointestinal pathology and psychiatric neurological
>> conditions such as anxiety, depression, autism, schizophrenia and
>> neurodegenerative disorders?but they are just links.
>>
>> ?In general, the problem of causality in microbiome studies is
>> substantial,? says Rob Knight, a microbiologist at the University of
>> California, San Diego. ?It's very difficult to tell if microbial
>> differences you see associated with diseases are causes or
>> consequences.? There are many outstanding questions. Clues about the
>> mechanisms by which gut bacteria might interact with the brain are
>> starting to emerge, but no one knows how important these processes
>> are in human development and health.
>>
>   Interesting.

Where is your discussion you claim to embrace, spamming shit head?

Is one word the best you can do?

I have two words for you: off topic.


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Jim Pennino

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For the jimp | Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behaviour Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-26 13:39 -0500
  Re: For the jimp | Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behaviour jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-26 18:59 +0000
    Re: For the jimp | Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behaviour Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 18:48 -0500
      Re: For the jimp | Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behaviour jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-30 05:13 +0000
  Re: For the jimp | Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behaviour gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-26 16:49 -0500

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