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Mothers of Autistic Children: Lower Plasma Levels of Oxytocin and Arg-Vasopressin and a Higher Level of Testosterone
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 9, p e74849 (2013)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013.
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Abstract
- BackgroundAutism is a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder,thought to be caused by a combination of genetic heritability and environmental risk factors. Some autistic-like traits have been reported in mothers of autistic children. We hypothesized that dysregulation of oxytocin (OXT), Arg-vasopressin (AVP) and sex hormones, found in autistic children, may also exist in their mothers.MethodsWe determined plasma levels of OXT (40 in autism vs. 26 in control group), AVP (40 vs. 17) and sex hormones (61 vs. 47) in mothers of autistic and normal children by enzyme immunoassay and radioimmunoassay, respectively and investigated their relationships with the children's autistic behavior scores (Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC)).ResultsSignificantly lower plasma concentrations of OXT (pConclusionsThese results suggest that dysregulation of OXT, AVP and/or testosterone systems exist in mothers of autistic children, which may impact children's susceptibility to autism.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Science
Mothers
Neuropeptide
Biology
Oxytocin
Internal medicine
Blood plasma
medicine
Humans
Testosterone
Autistic Disorder
Child
Demography
Behavior
Multidisciplinary
Estradiol
Plasma levels
medicine.disease
Arginine Vasopressin
Endocrinology
Child, Preschool
Linear Models
Childhood Autism Rating Scale
Medicine
Autism
Female
hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists
Research Article
medicine.drug
Hormone
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ccdb12988b7e766eeb8f21a74bd1265f