A prescription drug that's long been used to treat the buildup of fluid in the body might offer hope as a means of easing autism symptoms in young children, new research shows.
is currently used to help reduce fluid-linked swelling that comes with heart failure or kidney disease.
chemical called GABA, to another chemical called glutamate, explained a team from the University of Cambridge and several institutions in Taiwan and China."This is the first demonstration that bumetanide improves brain function and reduces symptoms by reducing the amount of the brain chemical GABA," said researcher Ching-Po Lin, of National Yang-Ming University in Taipei, Taiwan.
"We know that GABA and glutamate are key chemicals in the brain for plasticity and learning and so these children should have an opportunity for better quality of life and well-being," Sahakian said.
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