Oxytocin for male subjects with autism spectrum disorder and comorbid intellectual disabilities: A randomized pilot study

Oxytocin for male subjects with autism spectrum disorder and comorbid intellectual disabilities: A randomized pilot study

Approximately half of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) individual suffer from comorbid intellectual disabilities (ID). Oxytocin (OXT) receptors are highly expressed in temporal lobe structures and are likely to play a modulatory role in excitatory/inhibitory balance, at least based on animal model fin...

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Main Authors: Toshio eMunesue, Hiroyuki eNakamura, Mitsuru eKikuchi, Yui eMiura, Noriyuki eTakeuchi, Tokie eAnme, Eiji eNanba, Kaori eAdachi, Kiyotaka eTsubouchi, Yoshimichi eSai, Kenichi eMiyamoto, Shinichi eHorike, Shigeru eYokoyama, Hideo eNakatani, Hirotaka eKosaka, Yoshio eMinabe, Haruhiro eHigashida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Oxytocin
Social Behavior
Autism Spectrum Disorder
intranasal administration
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00002/full

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