New Study Shows Vaccines Cause Brain Changes Found in Autism

[Ares]

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By Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill

Abnormal brain growth and function are features of autism, an increasingly common developmental disorder that now affects 1 in 60 boys in the US. Now researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Thoughtful House Center for Children in Austin, Texas, have found remarkably similar brain changes to those seen in autism in infant monkeys receiving the vaccine schedule used in the 1990’s that contained the mercury-based preservative thimerosal.

The group’s findings were published yesterday in the journal Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. They used scanning techniques that assessed both brain growth and brain function in the same animals over time. The research team was able to see differences in the way the brains of vaccinated and unvaccinated animals developed. Scans were performed before and after the administration of primary MMR and DTaP/Hib boosters that were given at the human equivalent of 12 months of age.

Throughout the study period, vaccinated animals showed an increase in total brain volume – a feature of the brain in many young children with autism - when compared with unvaccinated animals. However, a specific part of the brain associated with emotional responses that is thought to be important in autism, the amygdala, did not show abnormalities until after the 12-month vaccines had been given. In addition, after the 12-month vaccines only, the functional brain scans showed significant differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. These functional scans looked at the activity of receptors for morphine-like compounds (opioids) that may play a role in the brain of children affected by autism. Vaccine administration was associated with an increase in opioid binding activity in the amygdala compared with a decrease in the unvaccinated group.

The results indicate that multiple vaccine exposures during the previous 3-4 months may have had a significant impact on brain growth and development in ways that are consistent with the published data on autism. For the amygdala, the novel findings of abnormal growth and function appear to be a function of more recent vaccine exposures - the 12-month primary MMR vaccine and the DTaP and Hib boosters.

In an accompanying editorial Dr. Kris Turlejski, the Editor-in-Chief, described the findings as “alarming”, “support[ing] the possibility that there is a link between early immunization and the etiology of autism.”

In the same primate model, the research team has already identified delayed acquisition of vital brainstem reflexes in infants exposed to the thimerosal-containing hepatitis B vaccine on the first day of life, compared with unvaccinated animals. A larger, second phase study is currently underway to see if these findings can be replicated.

Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who is not a listed author but whose support in the design of the study is acknowledged, said “I hope the model will not only provide important insights into the origins of autism, but also ways of safely testing possible new autism treatments and vaccines.”

http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/07/new-study-shows-vaccines-cause-brain-changes-found-in-autism.html

[Glass]

new treatments and vaccines eh?

I noticed a similar statement to something else they "discovered" really was caused by what people claimed it was. Can't recall what. ..perhaps bad memory .. but kidding aside.

How about lets not vaccinate, because vaccinating against vaccinating seems a bit stupid to me.

I met a Doctor from Tasmania about 3 years ago. She was around 70. She was a Pediatrican. She said she had been a Doctor for 45years and when she started out there was no autism but now it was everywhere and it came after vaccination, in every case. She said she'd seen enough and had enough records to convince her without a doubt.

It's like everything. plausibly deniable, like tobacco, etc. I notice there are no links to the actual story as yet. Wonder if that's because it is not published yet or something?

[Ares]

new treatments and vaccines eh?

I noticed a similar statement to something else they "discovered" really was caused by what people claimed it was. Can't recall what. ..perhaps bad memory .. but kidding aside.

How about lets not vaccinate, because vaccinating against vaccinating seems a bit stupid to me.

I met a Doctor from Tasmania about 3 years ago. She was around 70. She was a Pediatrican. She said she had been a Doctor for 45years and when she started out there was no autism but now it was everywhere and it came after vaccination, in every case. She said she'd seen enough and had enough records to convince her without a doubt.

It's like everything. plausibly deniable, like tobacco, etc


Yep I agree, I guess those of us who weren't effected by the toxic soup known as "modern" vaccines were lucky. My kid (when and if I have one) will not be getting any of these vaccines.

[ShortJohnSilver]

Question would be, if you used chelation such as a diet containing foods that help the body remove heavy metals, or even EDTA that pulls metals out of the body, would the autism go away?

[Ares]

Question would be, if you used chelation such as a diet containing foods that help the body remove heavy metals, or even EDTA that pulls metals out of the body, would the autism go away?


I believe thats what Jenny McCarthy did to help her son get better with Autism. It didn't completely go away as far as I have read, but his condition did improve.

[keehah]

The OP is published here, I think it is a Polish Journal: Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis (http://www.ane.pl/)

Focus on Autism pdf (http://www.ane.pl/pdf/7016.pdf)

Kris Turlejski
Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis (Warsaw) Editor-in-Chief
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland; E-mail: krist@nencki.gov.pl

This issue of Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis is fully devoted to the issues of autism. The idea for this
topic came from Professor Dorota Majewska, and some articles published in this issue are from participants of
the symposium she organized in Warsaw in 2008. Debate on whether there is any real rise in the incidence of
autism is very intense and complicated by changes in the qualification of various developmental problems as
belonging to the spectrum of autism. Therefore we start this issue with the review of Pisula, who draws
a perspective on the spectrum of behavioral disturbances that are classified as belonging to the spectrum of
autism. Additional information is given in the experimental paper of Kawa and Pisula on the novelty-
seeking and locomotor behaviors of autistic children. They observe that the complexity of the environment cre-
ates a problem for autistic children, which may explain their withdrawal from the world. Furthermore, psycho-
logical symptoms are frequently paralleled with purely somatic disorders. Especially frequent are problems with
digestion, detoxication and immunocompetence. In fact, these features, based on poorly understood dif-
ferences in genetic makeup of some children, may be the cause of their exaggerated reaction to some factors that
are harmless to other children. An alarming finding is reported by Hewitson and coworkers, showing
that, in infant monkeys that were immunized, the amygdala does not show the normal pattern of maturation but
is hypertrophied. Although these are only preliminary data, given the well-known role of the amygdala in gen-
eration of fear and other negative emotions, they support the possibility that there is a link between early immu-
nization and the etiology of autism. DeSoto and Hitlan strongly argue for both the reality of the rise in
the incidence of autism and the causal role of mercury in vaccines (specifically – thimerosal). While the reality
of rise seems to be gaining still more arguments, a causal role of mercury from the medical sources is still
debated, with DeSoto and Hitlan and Geier and coauthors coming to different conclusions than
Shultz. An experimental paper by Majewska and others brings important information, showing
that individual susceptibility, in the form of incompetent detoxication, may be the cause of both higher accumu-
lation of mercury and autism, but the causal relation between mercury and autism is not fully determined in light
of these results. The problem of interaction of the genetic makeup of an individual, and exposure to heavy metals
and vaccination, is further explored in the review by Geier and colleagues. However, heated as it may
be, the debate about the causal role of mercury should not make us stop investigating other possibilities, such as
a lower tolerance of some children to a seemingly innocuous drug, for example acetaminophen. The
importance of a diversification of approaches of scientists to the problem of causes of autism is shown by the
results of Kazek and coworkers that may indicate a role of the serotonergic system in this disorder. At
the least, they may pave the way to an easy test that would quickly exclude patients that have only similar symp-
toms, but are not autistic. However, as serotonin is used by three major systems: central nervous system, platelets
and the intestinal mast cells (the largest pool), then it may be hypothesized that a genetic variance of the
immensely complex system of serotonergic receptors (16 types) may be a common cause of both digestive and
emotional problems and the former could magnify the latter. What is more, a genetically-conditioned difference
in susceptibility of a small fraction of children may make them vulnerable to the process of vaccination that is
innocuous for the vast majority. Experiments of Hewitson and coauthors on monkeys again ring a bell
about the safety of the generally accepted and necessary procedures of vaccination for a minority of children. I
am sure that only an open debate, searching for new mechanisms and many more experiments may solve the
problem of what caused the rise of the incidence of autism that is becoming more and more real the more we
investigate the problem.

[Kali]

We stopped our sons vaccinations at around 12 months. At around 6-8 months he started having seizures and eyes would roll back...that would last like 1-2 seconds...it was shaking then eyes rolling back...weird as hell...Dr told us it was normal. We left that Dr and stopped vaccinating after that.

Our daughter was then born and we haven't given her any and don't plan to.

They tried real hard to give her the Hep B shot at birth although I declined to sign the consent form. I actually walked in on them about to administer it and said WTF are you guys doing?

They did that with my son too...even though you reject the shot they will still give it to them when your not looking. Have to watch them close.

This is a crazy world we live in.

If I wasn't a Christian I'd be walking into those hospitals with a shotgun taking some heads off.

[Glass]

They tried real hard to give her the Hep B shot at birth although I declined to sign the consent form. I actually walked in on them about to administer it and said WTF are you guys doing?


Isn't the Hep B shot the HIV one? I'm sure that Hep B is the vector for HIV infection. They used it in New York and San Fran to get the ball rolling as it were. Not sure if they used it in Africa. I wouldn't be surprised.

[undgrd]

Why they insist on giving a Hep B shot to a newborn if the mother doesn't have it is beyond me!

[Ares]

The wife and I have talked about that. If we have a child, it will NOT be given a Hep B vaccine at birth. I will stay up all night if I have to keeping watch on the baby. The only shot I will allow is the vitamin K shot, and I agreed to that reluctantly with the wife. I didn't even want that one administered.

[undgrd]

Unless your wife is on anti-epileptic medication, you may want to have another chat with her about that.

http://thebabybond.com/VitaminKinjectORnot.html



Vitamin K Shot

The problem of bleeding into the brain occurs mainly from 3 to 7 weeks after birth in just over 5 out of 100,000 births (without vitamin K injections); 90% of those cases are breastfed infants,3 because formulas are supplemented with unnaturally high levels of vitamin K. Forty percent of these infants suffer permanent brain damage or death.


Sounds extremely rare. The risks go up if the mother is on anti-epileptic medication

[Phoenix]

Question would be, if you used chelation such as a diet containing foods that help the body remove heavy metals, or even EDTA that pulls metals out of the body, would the autism go away?


Likely not, as the damage to the brain tissue is done. Some improvement, maybe, as in stroke victims.

[Kali]

I just had a chat with a secretary at the private school we want to put our kids in...and yep, you can opt out of vaccinations.

I wouldn't have known this if it wasn't for good ol' Shasta Gold ;)

I wonder how long this will last.

[Phoenix]

I wouldn't have known this if it wasn't for good ol' Shasta Gold ;)


My pleasure. :D

[cedarchopper]

Fortunately, Texas has a pretty simple exemption from vaccinations for reason of conscience law. You do have to get a document from the state, but you don't give any explanation why you want it. I filled out an online form with my child's name and age and my name and address. I then had to have it notarized and put on file at the school.

It's disturbing how much pressure the schools put on everybody about these vaccinations. I doubt if more than a handful of parents even knew they could opt out, or for that matter, even question the health consequences of the large number of vaccinations.

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/school/default.shtm#exclusions

[Stop Making Cents]

The dr. gave my son the Hep B vaccination when he went in for his other ones. My American Idol-watching wife just let them do whatever they wanted. >:( >:( I rejected the Hep B shot at the hospital, so i didn't expect it to come up again, and I would've thought my wife would know better. Then she gets mad at ME for being upset about it.

[dysgenic]

My daughter is 1, unvaccinated, and WAY AHEAD of every other infant I've run across... healthier, bigger, stronger, smarter, etc. One thing that has me concerned is that the schools around here do not allow for religious exceptions to their BS rules concerning vaccinations. I'll figure a way around it, though. If I absolutely have to, I'll pull her out of the schools when the time comes.

dys

[Kali]

Fake vaccination docs might work...? Or do they call pediatrician and verify?

[Phoenix]

Fake vaccination docs might work...? Or do they call pediatrician and verify?


Most nurses will take bribes.

[Kali]

Fake vaccination docs might work...? Or do they call pediatrician and verify?


Most nurses will take bribes.


Start off by telling them they look like they lost weight...that'll get your foot in the door.