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From Volume 4 Number 6
NEW YORK, USA:
Oxytocin, a hormone best known for activity during
birth and lactation, is also a brain neurotransmitter involved in
social
recognition and bonding and, according to first- round research, may
have
significant positive effects on adults with autism.A new study, funded
by the Seaver Foundation and discussed on December 4 at the American
College of Neuropsycho-pharmacology's annual meeting, examined the
effects of oxytocin on repetitive behaviours and aspects of social
cognition in adults with autism. The hormone was administered using
intravenous fluid and nasal technology to allow better penetration of
the blood-brain barrier, a membrane that serves as a physical barrier
between the blood vessels and the central nervous system.
"When administered orally, oxytocin is
metabolised and only a small amount reaches the brain. This is
important because the behavioural effects of oxytocin are thought to
result from its action on the brain," explained the investigators, Dr
Eric Hollander and Dr Jennifer Bartz. Dr Hollander is chairman of
psychiatry at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York and director
of the Seaver Centre and New York Autism Centre of Excellence. Dr Bartz
is a post-doctoral Fellow at the Seaver Centre at the Mt. Sinai School
of Medicine …
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