Autism is a developmental disease caused by neurological diseases, but some patients have more memory and calculation skills than normal people. The latest study by Japanese researchers found that this may be related to the abnormal function of certain proteins in the growing brain of autistic patients.
In 2007, researchers at the National Institute of Genetics found that when the brains of experimental mice lack a protein called "alpha chimerin," they have a special gait pattern. .. This protein is believed to be involved in the formation of neural circuits. After that, I cooperated with researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry and other researchers to continue the experiment for 5 years. The research team raised special experimental mice through genetic manipulation and studied the behavioral changes of experimental mice after various forms of this protein in the brain changed. If the gene responsible for encoding the protein does not work, we find that the activity of experimental mice is 20 times that of ordinary experimental mice, and the learning ability in adulthood is much higher. However, if the gene "failed" after the experimental mice became adults, the learning ability of the experimental mice would be at a normal level. This indicates that the α-chimeric protein plays an important role in the development of laboratory mice. The protein protein is also present in the human brain, so when the research team investigated the relationship between the formation of the protein and personality and ability, some people have very strong computing power and autism. Facts have proved that the trend of this disease is obvious and it is encoded in the body.
The research team hopes that this discovery will help clarify the causes of brain development disorders in children.