Oxytocin to Treat Autism Symptoms?
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Researchers from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine are experimenting with oxytocin, a hormone tied to social cognition, to treat symptoms of autism.
Adults with autism and Asperger's syndrome received intravenous doses of either oxytocin or a saline placebo and were then monitored for autistic behaviors. Those who had received the hormone showed a significant reduction in symptoms over those receiving the placebo infusion. They also performed better at tests which asked them to identify the emotional intonation of pre-recorded sentences and surprisingly, continued to perform better at this task at a two-week follow-up. Read more: New research suggests oxytocin's potential for treatment of two core autism symptom domains SHARE:
Posted In: Autism Spectrum Disorders | Tags: Asperger's Syndrome | Social Cognition | Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff on December 03, 2006 at 03:24 AM | Permalink |
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