Intact hedonic responses to sweet tastes in autism spectrum disorder

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 230-236

  Damiano, Cara R ^a   Aloi, Joseph ^a   Burrus, Caley ^b   Garbutt, James C ^c   Kampov Polevoy, Alexei B ^c   Dichter, Gabriel S ^a,c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Opioid system; Primary rewards; Reward processing; Sweet taste

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEDONIC RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SWEET TASTE TEST; SWEETNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891679261     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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