The levels of blood mercury and inflammatory-related neuropeptides in the serum are correlated in children with autism spectrum disorder

• Published in: Metabolic brain disease Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 593 - 599
• Main Authors: Mostafa, Gehan Ahmed, Bjørklund, Geir, Urbina, Mauricio A., AL-Ayadhi, Laila Yousef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder - blood; Autism Spectrum Disorder - diagnosis; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Male; Mercury - blood; Metabolic Diseases; Neurokinin A - blood; Neurology; Neurosciences; Oncology; Original Article; Severity of Illness Index; Autism; Neuroinflammation; Neurokinin A; Mercury

Tachykinins (substance P, neurokinin A, and neurokinin B) are pro-inflammatory neuropeptides that may play an important role in some autoimmune neuroinflammatory diseases, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Mercury (Hg) is a neurotoxicant, and potentially one of the main environmental trigger...