Neuroscientists hope that these findings will provide a stepping stone to future treatments for a broad range of conditions, from dementia to depression.
What do depression, Alzheimer's disease and autism have in common? Well, according to new research, they may all be underpinned by an increasing level of acidity in our brains.Scientists have long suspected that our brain chemistry is responsible for many neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. However, there is a lot we still don't about the molecular mechanisms behind many of these disorders.
'This is the first and largest systematic study evaluating brain pH and lactate levels across a range of animal models for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders,' the study's lead author, Hideo Hagihara, also from Fujita Health University, said in a statement. 'Our findings may lay the groundwork for new approaches to develop the transdiagnostic characterization of different disorders involving cognitive impairment.
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