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

Oxytocin (OT) has become a focus in investigations of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The social deficits that characterize ASD may relate to reduced connectivity between brain sites on the mesolimbic reward pathway (nucleus accumbens; amygdala) that receive OT projections and contribute to social m...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Gordon, Ilanit, Jack, Allison, Pretzsch, Charlotte M., Vander Wyk, Brent, Leckman, James F., Feldman, Ruth, Pelphrey, Kevin A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5109935/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27845765
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35054
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