Lifting the Veil of ASD with Professor Robert Hendren

In this episode, Nathan is joined by Dr Robert Hendren, a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science at the University of California, San Francisco and author of well over 100 scientific papers and five books. From the get-go, it is clear Hendren is deeply committed to his work, and as such, provides valuable insight into the complex pathology that is autism.

• Hendren speaks of his first clinical trial, which launched him on his current career path (2:00)
• Elucidating the etiology of ASD (6:00)
• Factors influencing gene expression (8:00)
• Looking to the mitochondria (11:00)
• The infamous gut-brain axis - what role does it play in ASD? (17:30)
• Environmental toxicity – do we treat it and if so, how? (26:00)
• Sulforaphane holds promise (31:20)
• Spotlight on metabolomics (34:00)
• Functional testing (38:50)
• Professor Hendren’s hopes for the treatment of ASD (43:50)