Vasopressin, Oxytocin, the Lateral Septum, Aggression and Social Bonding, Autism gene NLGN3 and MNK inhibitors for reversing Fragile-X and likely more Autism
The Lateral Septum, in green, turns the volume up or down in aggression Today’s post started by me checking for anything new in the research about the hormone Vasopressin and autism. I was surprised by just how much research continues to be published on the subject – no smoke without fire, perhaps. We also get another insight into how aggressive raging develops in the brain; we even have a photo. A novel therapy for Fragile-X is also thrown into the mix, due to a link to oxytocin. So, what is cooking in the research? The first thing to note is that you really do have to look at both Oxytocin and Vasopressin, because these two hormones are very closely related. We have previously looked at the autism gene NLGN3, this gene encodes the cute sounding neuroligin-3. https://epiphanyasd.blogspot.com/search/label/neuroglin The reason people with Fragile-X have autism is because they lack the protein FMRP ( Fragile X mental retardation protein). In healthy n...