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Maternal steroid levels and the autistic traits of the mother and infant.

Background

Prenatal sex steroids have been associated with autism in several clinical and epidemiological studies. It is unclear how this relates to the autistic traits of the mother and how early this can be detected...
Published by: Molecular autism
Effects of oxytocin administration on salivary sex hormone levels in autistic and neurotypical women.
BACKGROUND:Oxytocin administration, which may be of therapeutic value for individuals with social difficulties, is likely to affect endogenous levels of other socially relevant hormones. However, to date, the effects of oxytocin...
Published by: Molecular autism
Links between self-injury and suicidality in autism.
BACKGROUND:Autistic individuals without intellectual disability are at heightened risk of self-injury, and appear to engage in it for similar reasons as non-autistic people. A wide divergence of autistic perspectives on...
Published by: Molecular autism
An investigation of the diet, exercise, sleep, BMI, and health outcomes of autistic adults.

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Studies of autistic children suggest that restricted eating, reduced physical activity, and sleep disorders are common; however, no studies attempt to broadly describe the diet, exercise, and sleep patterns of...
Published by: Molecular autism
Revised scored Sensory Perception Quotient reveals sensory hypersensitivity in women with autism.
BACKGROUND:Previous research using the Sensory Perception Quotient (SPQ) has reported greater sensory hypersensitivity in people with autism spectrum condition (ASC) compared to controls, consistent with other research. However...
Published by: Molecular autism
CRISIS AFAR

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Heterogeneous mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic are documented in the general population. Such heterogeneity has not been systematically assessed in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
Published by: Molecular autism
A comparative study of autistic and non-autistic women's experience of motherhood.
Background:Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental difference and disability, yet there is limited research examining parenting in autistic mothers. Objective:To explore autistic mothers' experience of the perinatal period and...
Published by: Molecular autism
Single-participant structural similarity matrices lead to greater accuracy in classification of participants than function in autism in MRI.

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Autism has previously been characterized by both structural and functional differences in brain connectivity. However, while the literature on single-subject derivations of functional connectivity is...
Published by: Molecular autism