Eric the NNT
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As I try to better understand my Autism spectrum disorder and overcome its effects on my functioning within normal society, my review of the matter has revealed significant similarities between the symptoms of excess CSF buildup seen in traumatic brain injury and autism.
Sensory over excitabilities, headaches, coordination problems, inflammation, etc. all strongly suggest that more study of CSF flow needs to be done to test this possible link. I wonder how often arachnoid cysts are found in the autistic brain, such as mine, that could affect the drainage of the glymphatic system.
Regulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in neurodegenerative, neurovascular and neuroinflammatory disease
Cerebrospinal fluid and the early brain development of autism. - PubMed - NCBI
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Since the CSF was only recently discovered to take nutrients to brain tissue and remove the resultant waste products, it would seem that anything preventing this flow would create problems. The inability of the CSF to move at the same rate of a neurotypical brain could suggest the cause of executive level dysfunction, such as the inability to adapt to changing conditions.
Perhaps the typical autistic trait of hair pulling helps the movement of fluid and Dr. John E. Upledger's work was on to something.
Sensory over excitabilities, headaches, coordination problems, inflammation, etc. all strongly suggest that more study of CSF flow needs to be done to test this possible link. I wonder how often arachnoid cysts are found in the autistic brain, such as mine, that could affect the drainage of the glymphatic system.
Regulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in neurodegenerative, neurovascular and neuroinflammatory disease
Cerebrospinal fluid and the early brain development of autism. - PubMed - NCBI
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Since the CSF was only recently discovered to take nutrients to brain tissue and remove the resultant waste products, it would seem that anything preventing this flow would create problems. The inability of the CSF to move at the same rate of a neurotypical brain could suggest the cause of executive level dysfunction, such as the inability to adapt to changing conditions.
Perhaps the typical autistic trait of hair pulling helps the movement of fluid and Dr. John E. Upledger's work was on to something.
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