On 2013 Oct 24, John Cannell commented:

Great points. While many know about the role of inflammation on diseases of the elderly like Alzheimer's, fewer know of inflammation's role in diseases of children, such as in autism. Fewer yet know about the profound anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin D. While many will not read any further when they see the word "vitamin," calcitriol is actually a neurosteroid.

The scientists below discovered that the absolute level of an autoimmune anti-neural antibody was inversely related to 25(OH)D levels with a R value of -.86. So far, six anti-neural antibodies have been discovered in autism, as well as elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines. Two studies showed the levels of these antibodies are inversely related to autism severity with high R values.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22898564

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23239393

On 2013 Oct 24, John Cannell commented:

Great points. While many know about the role of inflammation on diseases of the elderly like Alzheimer's, fewer know of inflammation's role in diseases of children, such as in autism. Fewer yet know about the profound anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin D. While many will not read any further when they see the word "vitamin," calcitriol is actually a neurosteroid.

The scientists below discovered that the absolute level of an autoimmune anti-neural antibody was inversely related to 25(OH)D levels with a R value of -.86. So far, six anti-neural antibodies have been discovered in autism, as well as elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines. Two studies showed the levels of these antibodies are inversely related to autism severity with high R values.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22898564

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23239393