A giant step forward in understanding autism

Re:A giant step forward in understanding autism by BazookaMusic on Friday February 17, 2023 @06:39AM (#34833467)

"A protein called FMRP that is absent in the brains of people with FXS modulates the activity of a type of potassium channel in the brain. According to the research group's work, it is the absence of this protein that alters the way sensory inputs are combined, causing them to be underrepresented by the signals coming out of the cortical pyramidal neurons in the brain."

Maybe adjusting the production of the protein they identified would be a reasonable thing to study before resorting to Clockwork Orange therapy.

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Re:A giant step forward in understanding autism by sylware on Friday February 17, 2023 @09:44AM (#34835199)

Wow, the first part of the article does not mention the missing protein, and the "5 seconds" headline does not mention it neither.

Then I though it was _only_ about this imbalance.

Partial and fast reading, bad.

And I am the first one to bash short term-ists in a hurry.

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