Promoting social behavior with oxytocin in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

By Elissar Andari, J. Duhamel, T. Zalla, Evelyn Herbrecht, Marion Leboyer, Angela Sirigu. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010

894 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Pharmacy, Social Psychology

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How researchers see this paper

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
2. G. Domes
3. Peter Kirsch
4. M. Heinrichs

In Pharmacy

1. M. Heinrichs

In Social Psychology

1. G. Domes
2. M. Heinrichs
3. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
4. Peter Kirsch
5. Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory
6. Ahmad Abu-Akel
7. Paul J. Zak

Citations in the corpus

• Oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain: social neuropeptides for translational medicine (2011, background): “, have reported increased gazing time on the eye region (compared to other parts of the face) when observing neutral and emotional facial expression”
• The Challenge of Translation in Social Neuroscience: A Review of Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Affiliative Behavior (2010, neutral): “Three studies have examined the effects of OT administered intranasally to high-functioning autistic patients (Andari et al., 2010; Guastella et al., 2009a; Hollander et al., 2003, 2007).”
• A common allele in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) impacts prosocial temperament and human hypothalamic-limbic structure and function (2010, background): “Though this outcome is well in line with the presumed role of OT function in human sociality, its pathophysiological significance remains to be elucidated, as evidence for a hypothalamus dysfunction in social disorders such as autism is hitherto limited to single case studies (32, 55) and indirect m”