March 22, 2007

Brainectomy

How about this, guys: your brains really are in your pants:

A recent study by Northwestern University researchers revealed that men with a rare kind of dementia are more likely to have had a vasectomy than those who do not have cognitive problems. Called Primary Progressive Aphasia, or PPA, this dementia affects an individual's ability to express himself, impairing word recall and ability to understand words. The research was published in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology.

Get a load of what they think the connection is:

Here's the theory behind the link: A blood-testes barrier exists, just like a blood-brain barrier exists. Post-vasectomy, that protective blood-testes barrier is broken, and semen enters the blood. "Sixty to 70 percent of men will develop antibodies which try to kill the sperm," [clinical neuropsychologist Sandra] Weintraub explained, as the immune system views the sperm as foreign agents. "The question is whether these antibodies are somehow interacting with the brain, too," thus creating damage resulting in PPA.

A spooged-out vascular system -- now that's just disgusting.

Posted by floridacracker at March 22, 2007 04:05 AM

   



Comments

it is disgusting.. thanks for bringing it up.

Personally, I would never have my little friends renedered useless, even tho the dementia thing sounds like fun. I may wind up like that old bastid that married Anna, and I wouldn't want any Larry Birkhead/Stern/CountOfMonteCristo/garbage man/bodyguard/bellhop confusion arising from some
insane-0-spooge thingy..you know what I mean.

Posted by: csason at March 22, 2007 07:02 AM

Or you could end up with the idea that grooming yourself means putting lipstick on the end of your nose, like Mr. Cracker's grandma does.

Posted by: Donnah at March 22, 2007 07:38 AM

Why do I read this blog.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at March 22, 2007 10:52 PM

Why do you hate science sooo much?

Posted by: Donnah at March 22, 2007 11:19 PM

Bill hates posts about spooge but *loves* mayonnaise? There must be something Freudian in there somewhere ;-)

Posted by: Hamous at March 23, 2007 09:34 AM

This is a post about neurology. I'm sorry if hard science is something Bill's not up to.

Posted by: Donnah at March 23, 2007 09:48 AM

I bow down to the master of the double entendre!

Posted by: Hamous at March 23, 2007 12:34 PM

Hey, I think I had one of those -- oh what do you call them? I never can remember the name of it. I think it was a medical procedure.

Posted by: rightinflorida at March 24, 2007 12:02 PM