Helminthic therapy and neurodevelopmental disorders

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Neurodevelopmental disorders are a group of mental conditions negatively affecting the development of the nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord. Key features of these conditions are:

Start early in life (often noticeable in childhood)
Affect how the brain develops and organizes itself
Often involve learning, communication, attention or social functioning
Tend to be lifelong, though symptoms can change over time

Common examples of neurodevelopmental disorder are: autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual disability, specific learning disorders (such as dyslexia) and developmental language disorder.

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in seven-day old pups, long-term potentiation and four related pathways essential for the development of synaptic plasticity, cognition and memory were up-regulated

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