Researchers from several institutions, carried out a study to elucidate the role of zinc (Zn) supplementation on the plasma concentration and gene expression, as well as the effects on cognitive-motor performance, in a cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
The results obtained in the study assessed the fundamental role of Zn and its relationship with several markers of ASD etiology and development, both Zn and Cu plasma levels were altered in the cohort of children enrolled in the investigation.
The study showed a fundamental relationship between Zn supplementation and ASD in pediatric subjects, assessing that Zn is a fundamental cofactor to prevent ASD and to ameliorate ASD symptoms.
The reserachers afiliations are several, such as the Department of Research on Children with Special Needs and the Egypt Child Brain Research Group, of the National Research Centre, in Giza, Egypt; the Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM), in Norway; the Department of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, in Ovidius University from Romania; the Department of Basic Sciences and Biomechanics at the Faculty of Physical Therapy in the Heliopolis University; and the Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences at the University of Verona, in Italy.
You can see the study in the next link:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13760-019-01181-9
