Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has no cure. And medications to treat the condition’s core symptoms — anxiety, repetitive behaviors and difficulty engaging in social interactions like talking to others — do not exist. Now researchers may have landed on a simple and effective way to ease autism symptoms: exercise.
Exercise reversed autistic behaviors in an animal model of the condition researchers announced Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports. Physical activity seemed to help prune detrimental connections between neurons in their brains, and could lead to human therapies.
