Abstract
For the study, the researchers concentrated on the microbiome of the oropharynx, the area of throat located at the back of the mouth, including the back third of the tongue, soft palate, tonsils and side and back walls of the throat. Research prior from the team pinpointed differences in one facet of throat bacteria between people with schizophrenia and people without the disorder. In the new study, the researchers focused on the complete totality of microorganisms and their collective genetic material present in or on the human body or in another environment. The researchers looked at the viruses, bacteria, and fungi present in 16 individuals with schizophrenia and 16 control participants. The results require repeated studies and expansion for further confirmation but researchers were able to report astounding differences between the microbiome of schizophrenia patients and those of the control participants. The control participants were vast in microbe species but less even in their distribution than the participants with schizophrenia. A potential staggering factor is that while 10 of the 16 participants with schizophrenia smoked, none of the control participants did, as some …show more content…
The lead author Eduardo Castro-Nallar stated that a region of the throat named the oropharynx showed to contain diverse levels of oral bacteria in people with schizophrenia than in people who do not have the disorder (2015). Castro-Nallar said “Specifically, our analyses have shown an association between microbes such as lactic acid bacteria and schizophrenics(2015),”. An increasing number of studies have indicated that the viruses, bacteria and fungi found living on and surrounding the human body-known as the microbiome-can impact the development of the brain, attitude and
For the study, the researchers concentrated on the microbiome of the oropharynx, the area of throat located at the back of the mouth, including the back third of the tongue, soft palate, tonsils and side and back walls of the throat. Research prior from the team pinpointed differences in one facet of throat bacteria between people with schizophrenia and people without the disorder. In the new study, the researchers focused on the complete totality of microorganisms and their collective genetic material present in or on the human body or in another environment. The researchers looked at the viruses, bacteria, and fungi present in 16 individuals with schizophrenia and 16 control participants. The results require repeated studies and expansion for further confirmation but researchers were able to report astounding differences between the microbiome of schizophrenia patients and those of the control participants. The control participants were vast in microbe species but less even in their distribution than the participants with schizophrenia. A potential staggering factor is that while 10 of the 16 participants with schizophrenia smoked, none of the control participants did, as some …show more content…
The lead author Eduardo Castro-Nallar stated that a region of the throat named the oropharynx showed to contain diverse levels of oral bacteria in people with schizophrenia than in people who do not have the disorder (2015). Castro-Nallar said “Specifically, our analyses have shown an association between microbes such as lactic acid bacteria and schizophrenics(2015),”. An increasing number of studies have indicated that the viruses, bacteria and fungi found living on and surrounding the human body-known as the microbiome-can impact the development of the brain, attitude and