Intranasal Oxytocin Improves Emotion Recognition for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 692-694

  Guastella, Adam J ^a   Einfeld, Stewart L ^a   Gray, Kylie M ^b   Rinehart, Nicole J ^b   Tonge, Bruce J ^b   Lambert, Timothy J ^a   Hickie, Ian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; developmental disorders; emotion; emotion recognition; face; oxytocin; social cognition

Indexed keywords

NOSE SPRAY; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949486670     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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