Social circuits and their dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder

M Sato, N Nakai, S Fujima, KY Choe, T Takumi - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Social behaviors, how individuals act cooperatively and competitively with conspecifics, are
widely seen across species. Rodents display various social behaviors, and many different …

Genetics and epigenetics of autism: A Review

MMY Waye, HY Cheng - Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Autism is a developmental disorder that starts before age 3 years, and children with autism
have impairment in both social interaction and communication, and have restricted …

Oxytocin levels tend to be lower in autistic children: A meta-analysis of 31 studies

S John, AV Jaeggi - Autism, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The oxytocin system may be different in autistic people, which could explain some of the
deficits in social behavior and cognition associated with autism spectrum disorder. However …

The typology of sound symbolism: Defining macro-concepts via their semantic and phonetic features

N Erben Johansson, A Anikin, G Carling… - Linguistic Typology, 2020 - degruyter.com
Sound symbolism emerged as a prevalent component in the origin and development of
language. However, as previous studies have either been lacking in scope or in phonetic …

Probiotic and oxytocin combination therapy in patients with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot trial

XJ Kong, J Liu, K Liu, M Koh, H Sherman, S Liu, R Tian… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a rapidly growing neurodevelopmental disorder. Both
probiotics and oxytocin were reported to have therapeutic potential; however, the …

Endogenous oxytocin levels in autism—a meta-analysis

M Moerkerke, M Peeters, L de Vries, N Daniels… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oxytocin (OT) circuitry plays a major role in the mediation of prosocial behavior. Individuals
with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized by impairments in social interaction …

Foot massage evokes oxytocin release and activation of orbitofrontal cortex and superior temporal sulcus

Q Li, B Becker, J Wernicke, Y Chen, Y Zhang… - …, 2019 - Elsevier
Massage may be an important method for increasing endogenous oxytocin concentrations
and of potential therapeutic benefit in disorders with social dysfunction such as autism …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-autism: What a paediatrician should know about early diagnosis of autism‎

M Al-Beltagi - World journal of clinical pediatrics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Autism, also known as an autism spectrum disorder, is a complex neurodevelopmental
disorder usually diagnosed in the first three years of a child's life. A range of symptoms …

Linking oxytocin and arginine vasopressin signaling abnormalities to social behavior impairments in Prader-Willi syndrome

O Oztan, O Zyga, DEJ Stafford, KJ Parker - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder. Global
hypothalamic dysfunction is a core feature of PWS and has been implicated as a driver of …

A hypothesis on a role of oxytocin in the social mechanisms of speech and vocal learning

C Theofanopoulou, C Boeckx… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Language acquisition in humans and song learning in songbirds naturally happen as a
social learning experience, providing an excellent opportunity to reveal social motivation …