Green Tea Catechin EGCG in Down Syndrome, but Autism? and Cerebrolysin
In a recent comment a reader from Poland highlighted the popularity there of a drug called cerebrolysin to treat autism and Down syndrome. It turns out that this treatment in also widespread in the former Soviet Union. Green tea as a source of Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) Cerebrolysin is a mixture of peptides purified from pig brains, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF). While cerebrolysin is used for stroke and vascular dementia, it is used by some as a nootropic. There are two Russian studies supporting the use of Cerebrolysin: The effect of cerebrolysin on cognitive functions in childhood autism and in Asperger syndrome An effect of long-term cerebrolysin therapyin combination with neuroleptics on behavioral and cognitive disturbances in endogenous childhood autism I was informed that cerebrolysin is prescribed off-lab...