Oxytocin and Autism
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Studies and Trials
This section provides details of scientific studies into the effectiveness of oxytocin for autistic people which have been published in English-language, peer-reviewed journals.
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Related Studies and Trials
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Althaus M.
et al.
(2015)
Oxytocin enhances orienting to social information in a selective group of high-functioning male adults with autism spectrum disorder.
Neuropsychologia.
79
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Anagnostou E.
et al.
(2012)
Intranasal oxytocin versus placebo in the treatment of adults with autism spectrum disorders: a randomized controlled trial.
Molecular Autism.
3(16),
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Anagnostou E.
et al.
(2014)
Intranasal oxytocin in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A review of literature and early safety and efficacy data in youth.
Brain Research.
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Andari E.
et al.
(2010)
Promoting social behavior with oxytocin in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science U S A.
107(9),
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Aoki Y.
et al.
(2014)
Oxytocin improves behavioural and neural deficits in inferring others' social emotions in autism.
Brain.
137(11),
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Auyeung B.
et al.
(2015)
Oxytocin increases eye contact during a real-time, naturalistic social interaction in males with and without autism.
Translational Psychiatry.
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Dadds M. R.
et al.
(2014)
Nasal oxytocin for social deficits in childhood autism: A randomized controlled trial.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
44(3),
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Domes G.
et al.
(2013)
Effects of intranasal oxytocin on the neural basis of face processing in autism spectrum disorder.
Biological Psychiatry.
74(3),
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Fukai M.
et al.
(2017)
Oxytocin effects on emotional response to others' faces via serotonin system in autism: A pilot study.
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
267
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Guastella A. J.
et al.
(2010)
Intranasal oxytocin improves emotion recognition for youth with autism spectrum disorders.
Biological Psychiatry.
67(7),
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Guastella A. J.
et al.
(2015)
The effects of a course of intranasal oxytocin on social behaviors in youth diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders: a randomized controlled trial.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
56(4),
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Hirosawa T.
et al.
A pilot study of serotonergic modulation after long-term administration of oxytocin in autism spectrum disorder.
Autism Research.
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Hollander E.
et al.
(2003)
Oxytocin infusion reduces repetitive behaviors in adults with autistic and Asperger's disorders
Neuropsychopharmacology.
28
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Hollander E.
et al.
(2007)
Oxytocin increases retention of social cognition in autism.
Biological Psychiatry.
61(4),
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Kosaka H.
et al.
(2016)
Oxytocin efficacy is modulated by dosage and oxytocin receptor genotype in young adults with high-functioning autism: a 24-week randomized clinical trial.
Translational Psychiatry.
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Lin I.
et al.
(2014)
The effect of intranasal oxytocin versus placebo treatment on the autonomic responses to human sounds in autism: a single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover design study.
Molecular Autism.
5(1),
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Munesue T.
et al.
(2016)
Oxytocin for male subjects with autism spectrum disorder and comorbid intellectual disabilities: A randomized pilot study.
Frontiers in Psychiatry.
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Parker K. J.
et al.
(2017)
Intranasal oxytocin treatment for social deficits and biomarkers of response in children with autism.
PNAS.
114(30),
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Tachibana M.
et al.
(2013)
Long-term administration of intranasal oxytocin is a safe and promising therapy for early adolescent boys with autism spectrum disorders.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.
23(2),
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Watanabe T.
et al.
(2014)
Mitigation of sociocommunicational deficits of autism through oxytocin-induced recovery of medial prefrontal activity: A randomized trial.
Journal of the American Medical Association.
71(2),
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Watanabe T.
et al.
(2015)
Clinical and neural effects of six-week administration of oxytocin on core symptoms of autism.
Brain.
138(11),
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Yatawara C.
et al.
(2015)
The effect of oxytocin nasal spray on social interaction deficits observed in young children with autism: a randomized clinical crossover trial.
Molecular Psychiatry.
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