Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4934648 | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2016 | 37 Pages |
Abstract
Our results show a measurable and significant increase in pOT and uOT levels after the administration of MDMA (Study 1) and INOT (Study 1 and Study 2). Additionally, a positive correlation between uOT and pOT levels was observed in both samples (healthy adults and ASD patients) in at least one condition. However, uOT and pOT levels were not correlated under all conditions, suggesting that uOT levels do not fully correspond to pOT levels in the time windows we measured. Future studies should further examine the relationship between levels of pOT and uOT in healthy and clinical populations on measures of social behavior because uOT may serve as an additional non-invasive method to measure peripheral OT changes.
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Authors
Sunday M. Francis, Matthew G. Kirkpatrick, Harriet de Wit, Suma Jacob,