Targeted Amino Acid Therapy: Re: The Epidemic of Mental Illness - brain[ti] AND plasticity[ti] - amino acids

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Thank you so much, ! You are the best!!!

Ellin

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> Correcting nutrient imbalances in response to plasma and urinary amino

> acid profiles has a long history, with good results in some autistic

> children.

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> Improving appropriate brain-plasticity is the goal. Correcting nutrient

> imbalance seems generally better approach than using pharmacological

> modifiers of brain function.

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> TAAT used to be referred to as " child-specific amino supplementation "

> and was based upon " plasma and urinary amino acid profiles " .

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> see:

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> http://www.mtenergie.com/docs/tcu%20abstract.pdf

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> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01193.x/abstract

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> http://www.neurogistics.com/TheScience/AminoAcids.asp

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> see also:

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> Metabolic approaches to the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.

> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11098885>

> Page T.

> J Autism Dev Disord. 2000 Oct;30(5):463-9.

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> Altered amino acid excretion in children with autism.

> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18510798>

> C, RH, Rothkirch T, TK, Reichelt KL, Cosford R,

> Deed G, Ellis LB, Sparkes DL.

> Nutr Neurosci. 2008 Feb;11(1):9-17.

> Plasma amino acids profiles in children with autism: potential risk of

> nutritional deficiencies. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12959424>

> Arnold GL, Hyman SL, Mooney RA, Kirby RS.

> J Autism Dev Disord. 2003 Aug;33(4):449-54.

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> Plasma amino acid levels in children with autism and their families.

> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12708584>

> Aldred S, KM, Fitzgerald M, Waring RH.

> J Autism Dev Disord. 2003 Feb;33(1):93-7

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> see also:

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> Removing brakes on adult brain plasticity: from molecular to behavioral

> interventions. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21068299>

> Bavelier D, Levi DM, Li RW, Dan Y, Hensch TK.

> J Neurosci. 2010 Nov 10;30(45):14964-71.

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> Music making as a tool for promoting brain plasticity across the life

> span. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20889966>

> Wan CY, Schlaug G.

> Neuroscientist. 2010 Oct;16(5):566-77.

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> Epigenetic influences on brain development and plasticity.

> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545993>

> Fagiolini M, Jensen CL, Champagne FA.

> Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2009 Apr;19(2):207-12.

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> Using non-invasive brain stimulation to augment motor training-induced

> plasticity. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19292910>

> Bolognini N, Pascual-Leone A, Fregni F.

> J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2009 Mar 17;6:8.

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> Exercising your brain: a review of human brain plasticity and

> training-induced learning. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19140641>

> Green CS, Bavelier D.

> Psychol Aging. 2008 Dec;23(4):692-701.

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> Plasticity and injury in the developing brain.

> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18490122>

> ston MV, Ishida A, Ishida WN, Matsushita HB, Nishimura A, Tsuji M.

> Brain Dev. 2009 Jan;31(1):1-10.

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> Re: The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? by Marcia Angell | The New

> Posted by: " redellin1 " redellin1@... redellin1

> Date: Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:20 pm ((PDT))

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> , thank you for posting this very interesting article (and all the

> very helpful articles you share!).

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> The article, in part, discusses the ways in which being on some of these

> psychopharmaceuticals can damage the brain, including making it

> dependent on the medications on what sounds like a permament basis.

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> I am wondering if more natural interventions like Targeted Amino Acid

> Therapy (TAAT), which is generally offered through either Neurogistics

> or NeuroScience, would also result in a dysfunctional brain, even though

> the goal is to balance the neurotransmitters that are out of whack.

> (Excuse my very unscientific language!)

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> If you could share any feedback, I would be grateful.

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> Thank you very much,

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> Ellin

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