Links Between Gluten, The Immune Molecule, And Increased Brain Connections?

[Guest guest]

Sometimes it's interesting to look at a new study to see if it can fit together

like a piece of a puzzle to other research. A recent UC study pointed to

how a tiny immune molecule with a not so tiny name, Major Histocompatibility

Complex or MHC, regulates brain connections. This new discovery may help answer

more questions about conditions such as autism and apraxia and help determine

why there has been such a dramatic increase in these and other previously rare

multifaceted neurologically based communication disorders.

" The study does not show a direct link between immune responses and autism,

but rather reveals a molecular pathway through which a peripheral immune

response or particular genetic profile could alter early brain development " ~

Kimberley McAllister, associate professor in the Center for Neuroscience and

Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior at UC

" ...read more

http://pursuitofresearch.org/2011/02/28/links-between-gluten-the-immune-molecule\

-and-increased-brain-connections/

Would love input!!

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