October 19, 2020
Too Little or Too Much Folic Acid in Pregnancy Can Cause Harm to Developing Brains
A new study from the MIND Institute at UC Davis found that high amounts of folic acid given to pregnant mice caused brain damage in their offspring. These findings were published last month in the journal Cerebral Cortex. Folic Acid is neuroprotective and is widely recommended for women of childbearing age. The UC Davis study involved exposing pregnant mice to differing levels of folic acid (the synthetic form of vitamin B9 or folate).
September 17, 2020
Lower Levels of Serotonin Transporters Found in Brains of Individuals with ASD
Scientists from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published a paper last month in Molecular Psychiatry which shows that people with autism have lower levels of a protein which regulates the amount of serotonin in the brain.
