Intranasal Oxytocin Enhances Connectivity in the Neural Circuitry Supporting Social Motivation and Social Perception in Children with Autism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Gordon, Ilanit ^a,b   Jack, Allison ^c   Pretzsch, Charlotte M ^a   Vander Wyk, Brent ^a   Leckman, James F ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^a,b   Pelphrey, Kevin A ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84995608757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep35054     Document Type: Article

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