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Research Confirms Gut-Brain Connection in Autism:
People with autism often suffer from gut problems, but nobody has known why. Researchers have now discovered the same gene mutations – found both in the brain and the gut – could be the cause.
The discovery confirms a gut-brain nervous system link in autism, opening a new direction in the search for potential treatments that could ease behavioural issues associated with autism by targeting the gut.
Chief Investigator Associate Professor Elisa Hill-Yardin, RMIT University, said scientists trying to understand autism have long been looking in the brain, but the links with the gut nervous system have only been recently explored.
“We know the brain and gut share many of the same neurons and now for the first time we’ve confirmed that they also share autism-related gene mutations,” Hill-Yardin said.
“Up to 90% of people with autism suffer from gut issues, which can have a significant impact on daily life for them and their families.
“Our findings suggest these gastrointestinal problems may stem from the same mutations in genes that are responsible for brain and behavioural issues in autism.
“It’s a whole new way of thinking about it - for clinicians, families and researchers - and it broadens our horizons in the search for treatments to improve the quality of life for people with autism.”
Journal Reference:
Suzanne Hosie, et. al.. Gastrointestinal dysfunction in patients and mice expressing the autism‐associated R451C mutation in neuroligin‐3. Autism Research, 2019; DOI: 10.1002/AUR.2127
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 31 2019, @06:31AM (5 children)
Please tell me that this does not involve fecal transplants, or fecal pills, or probiotics! I would rather be autistic than swallow some one else's shit!
[interlocutor] But you are on Soylent News?
[me, proud AC] Good point.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 31 2019, @09:45AM
They never read the dept. line. They never do. They don't lie down.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 31 2019, @09:58AM
Experimentally, turns out that autistic shit may be acceptable for other persons in the autistic spectrum. Won't cure them, though.
(Score: 3, Informative) by shrewdsheep on Friday May 31 2019, @10:52AM (1 child)
To clue you in: you do often enough already, every day. The door you open, the elevator button you press, the number keyboard you use to pin down, well, your PIN: every time you do pick up the shit of other people. You touch that sandwich and there your are.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday May 31 2019, @07:50PM
The future is disgusting [youtube.com]!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 31 2019, @07:11PM
Nobody forces you to read Aristarchus submissions.