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Autism Vox

May 14th, 2008

Genes Linked to Social Impairments

A new study in the May 15th Biological Psychiatry has found genetic links to the “impaired social behaviors” of autistic children. Researchers from Yale University studied six genes “known to be involved in maternal and affiliative behaviors”; they suggest that two neurohormones which are linked to affiliative behaviors in animals, prolactin and oxytocin, are linked […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 11 comments