Social 'wanting' dysfunction in autism: Neurobiological underpinnings and treatment implications

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Kohls, Gregor ^a   Chevallier, Coralie ^a   Troiani, Vanessa ^a   Schultz, Robert T ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism spectrum disorders; Dopamine; Opioids; Oxytocin; Reward; Social motivation; Treatment; Ventral striatum; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WANTING DYSFUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84863941517     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-4-10     Document Type: Review

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