Study: Intestinal Protein Linked to ADHD, Other Neurological Disorders

A new study links the intestinal membrane receptor protein guanylyl cyclase-C to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other neuropsychiatric disorders, according to a release by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

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When researchers treated GC-C knockout mice with amphetamine-based ADHD medication and an activator of the protein kinase PKG, they reversed the mice’s hyperactive, inattentive behavior.

 

The study was conducted by the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Department at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and scientists in China.

 

Read the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital release on linking guanylyl cyclase-C to ADHD.

 

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