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Neuroscience Daily for 12 October covers 3 neuroscience stories on oral-brain link, predictive midbrain, 10% brain myth. It is a compact audio briefing on studies, mechanisms, and the discussion around them.
Neuroscience Daily for 12 October follows 3 stories from r/neuro and r/neuroscience, moving through oral-brain link, predictive midbrain, 10% brain myth.
This story is about a Cureus review examining how gum disease might connect with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The review describes a possible oral-brain axis involving microbial imbalance, inflammation, immune signaling, blood-brain barrier changes, oxidative stress, and protein aggregation.
The second story examines a Nature Neuroscience study of the human superior colliculus, a small midbrain structure involved in sensory integration and action. Using high-resolution 7-Tesla fMRI in 80 people, the researchers compared responses to visual and somatosensory stimulation across the structure’s layers.
The final story is a science explainer from Oddly Clear that takes apart the 10% brain myth. The post points out that the brain is active across its systems and uses roughly a fifth of the body’s energy despite making up about two percent of body mass.
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