I know there’s a lot we just don’t know about ASD and that this is likely one of those things. It’s that’s true, what are some the theories for this?
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It seems like brain disorders such as epilepsy, autism, schizophrenia, and bipolar are related to an imbalance between excitatory or inhibitory neurons. Basically things are overexcited and there is a deficiency in the checks and balances to that excitement. The kids just got into the sugar bag and the babysitter went outside to talk on the phone to her boyfriend.
This is a neat read regarding the impact of transcription factor NPAS4, which controls the expression of 270 genes which may help control inhibitory neuronal connections:
[‘Master switch’ molecule keeps overexcited brain in check](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.spectrumnews.org/news/master-switch-molecule-keeps-overexcited-brain-in-check/amp)
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