Hmmm....it'd be nice to see a list of what those 130 brain diseases are.

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Linda_Howell wrote on Dec 21^st, 2010 at 12:33am:


Dunno, don't think so - the first post I see has a link to an article.

It's promising research, but odds are it won't lead to immediate breakthroughs for CH. They are talking about 1400+ proteins involved in brain cell development, there are going to be a lot of interactions. But it is movement in the right direction.

Only 644 articles on Pubmed about post-synaptic density, which is what the study  was about.  Only one of those mentions migraine, and it suggests that DHA (in fish oil) might be useful for preventing or treating disorders caused by improper post-synaptic development. (I believe that Batch credits omega-3s including DHA with 70+ PF days, and I think I remember Bob of clusterbusters telling me he thought it helped him a few years ago.)

The one article on psd and migraine was mostly hypothetical, more of musings than research. It seemed to point at an over-development of part of the brain and high nerve excitability as being a mechanism that generated migraine... maybe. Related to this, I wonder if clusterheads were intellectually precocious and/or late-bloomers in terms of puberty.

Wow, that is an interesting question!  I did teach myself how to read when I had just turned 4 (preschool).  But I definitely do have a tendency to think about things too much--"overexcitability" of the brain.  Did learn how to read earlier than my 4 sisters who don't have CH--damn why did I do that lol?!
Monty, learning how to read at 5 is not late!  If anything on the earlier side.

This was four decades ago and in the UK where kids start primary school at 4. I was one of the last few in the class to pick up reading, although once I did I'd caught up to the rest within a few months and passed them soon after.

Here in NZ (and the UK) for the better schools at least, most kids will start at 4 being able to read. However it's not uniform for all parents and kids.