Testosterone and explosive aggression in autism spectrum disorders

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 553-559

  Pivovarciova, Anna ^a,b   Hnilicova, Silvia ^a,c   Ostatnikova, Daniela ^a   Mace, F Charles ^d  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Children's Faculty Hospital   (Slovakia)

^c Faculty of Health Care and Social Work   (Slovakia)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti androgen therapy; Autism spectrum disorders; Explosive aggression; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; LEUPRORELIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANTIANDROGEN THERAPY; AROUSAL; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; IMPULSIVENESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84924545904     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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