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		vwat on Aug 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mitochondria may hold keys to anxiety and mental h... This guy theorized that autism is caused by a problem with ATP and mitochondria. He did a trial of an old, obscure drug that blocks ATP receptors (for signaling, not metabolism) on young ASD patients and there was noticeable improvement in their symptoms. More studies are underway. http://naviauxlab.ucsd.edu/science-item/autism-research/

fasteo on Aug 12, 2020 [–]

>>> obscure drug that blocks ATP receptors

In case you are wondering, Suramin[1] is the drug

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suramin

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