Autistic patients..Love hormone oxytocin proved beneficial or improve social functioning autism sufferers, reports a recent study in France.
Angela Sirigu and colleagues from the CNRS lab in Bron, France found oxytocin inhalation to participants in the form of people with autism spectrum shows good results. definition of autism, They tend to be more focused in giving attention to the eyes and a human face - which is an important marker of social interaction.
Autistic patients.This research was conducted by comparing the effects of oxytocin in 13 individuals aged 17-39 years - 10 of them with symptoms of autism spectrum and three others suffered from high functioning autism (autism with a high IQ level) - with 13 groups of population control. Both groups were instructed to play football video game in which the autism get oxytocin inhaler.
Research published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that inhaled oxytocin in adults with Autistic patients, Asperger's Syndrome or autism high IQ makes them less likely to play with their partners were more socially responsive in video game football.
"(Research) We show that oxytocin can stimulate social approach and social comprehension of patients with autism," Sirigu said.
"Further study is needed to determine whether long-term intake of oxytocin can improve the lives of patients about this in their daily life," he added.
The hormone oxytocin is a hormone produced by the hypothalamus and stored in the pituitary gland behind. This hormone normally produced by many pregnant women before delivery and also released a man and a woman during intercourse. Autistic patients, This hormone is also proved related to emotional and interpersonal relationships.
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