Autism: Oxytocin, serotonin, and social reward

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 450-465

  Dölen, Gül ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Nucleus accumbens; Oxytocin; Plasticity; Reward; Serotonin; Social

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; SEROTONIN;

AUTISM; BRAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; REWARD; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84945472484     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2015.1087875     Document Type: Article

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