This morning I came across a story that well be funny and making me get my vein nostalgic recall my college years, made me reflect on how important they are some of investigations carried out and that its implementation would completely change the world we know.
Does it sound something Mycobacterium vaccae ? I confess I had not heard in my life, well our friend is a bacterium that usually lives in soil, and although we are not aware, we tend to breathe or eat when we are in touch with nature. He had studied previously to our friend and knew that he possessed certain properties antidepressant in humans, but after a study by scientists at "The Sage Colleges' New York now we also know bug that increases our ability to learn.
In the laboratory, it was found that bacteria injected into mice, stimulated the growth of some brain neurons that produced an increase in serotonin levels ( for those who do not know the role of serotonin, just say it's one of the best known neurotransmitter of the nervous system, which plays an important role in regulating mood) reducing the anxiety of these animals.
addition, Serotonin is also implicated in learning processes, so the researchers got into a maze the mice fed with mycobacterium vaccae and learning compared with mice that did not have in your diet to our bacteria.
What do you think they found?
Well, miraculously, these mice performed the same way twice as fast as the mice who did not consume
course is only a laboratory experiment, but it caught my attention because it opens a incredible door to the implementation of this bacterium in learning environments.
Can you imagine the kids taking a glass of milk every morning with a couple of teaspoons of chocolate milk enriched with M. vaccae? Or the college to make barrels of beer vaccae course?
Political world ... more funding for research and less for weapons, thanks to a simple bacteria can reduce anxiety and increase our ability to learn . Welcome to our lives, Miss vaccae.
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