Could fever and neuroinflammation play a role in the neurobiology of autism? A subject worthy of more research.

Int J Hyperthermia

Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz, Iran.

Published: February 2012

Autism is neuropsychiatric disorder in which a hyperglutamate state may play a role. It is suggested here that fever or hyperthermia may be able to alter glutamate levels in the brain and may therefore be able to impact on the symptoms of autism. More study on this possibility is clearly warranted.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02656736.2011.604665DOI Listing

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