{"id":157233,"date":"2026-07-10T14:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=157233"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:42:47","slug":"haaland-and-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/07\/10\/haaland-and-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Haaland and Down Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Professor Nishan C Wijesinha of the German School of Medicine<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

What actually happened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haaland played in a charity match in Oslo for “Vivil IL”, a team from Oslo that helps people with disabilities, including Down syndrome. Vivil IL works to get people with disabilities active through football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game was organized by the Norwegian Royal Family at their home in Asker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Haaland played for the “Royal side” against Vivil IL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 His dad Alfie Haaland also played. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where Haaland proved his extra human skills rising from the neurotransmitters abnormal  responses which occur through down syndrome where it over stimulates the anabolic receptors of the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With such extra activated anabolic activities he was able to score throughout the game; which stormed the Royals to a well secured win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video footages of this game is found in by typing on Internet search?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 “Erling Haaland Vivil IL charity match”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes \u2014 these are those  “anabolic receptors” in the brain which usually means the receptors that androgens and other growth-related hormones which binds to the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of them are the following:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Androgen Receptors (AR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the main receptors for testosterone and DHT. They’re found in lots of brain areas: hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus, motor cortex, and brainstem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They regulate things like sex drive, aggression, mood, motivation, and they also influence muscle-building signals that start in the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Estrogen Receptors (ER\u03b1 and ER\u03b2)*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Testosterone can be converted to estradiol in the brain by aromatase. Those estrogen receptors are also considered anabolic in the sense that they support neuroprotection, plasticity, and some growth effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. IGF-1 Receptors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 receptors are all over the brain. IGF-1 is a classic anabolic hormone. In the brain it supports neuron growth, repair, and metabolism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Glucocorticoid + other growth factor receptors*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These don’t build muscle directly, but they interact with anabolic signaling pathways in neurons and glia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the brain isn’t just a target for “catabolic” stress hormones. It actively senses anabolic hormones and uses them to regulate behavior, repair, and even peripheral muscle growth via hormone release from the hypothalamus-pituitary axis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Professor Nishan C Wijesinha of the German School of Medicine What actually happened: Haaland played in a charity match in Oslo for “Vivil IL”, a team from Oslo that helps people with disabilities, including Down syndrome. Vivil IL works to get people with disabilities active through football. The game was organized by the Norwegian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157234,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157233\/revisions\/157234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}