Intranasal oxytocin versus placebo in the treatment of adults with autism spectrum disorders: a randomized controlled trialEvdokia Anagnostou
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L, Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
Mol Autism 3:16. 2012
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Medical treatment overview: traditional and novel psycho-pharmacological and complementary and alternative medicationsEvdokia Anagnostou
Bloorview Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Curr Opin Pediatr 23:621-7. 2011
..50-70% of this population also receives biologically based complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The data evaluating such practices are being reviewed...
- Factor analysis of repetitive behaviors in Autism as measured by the Y-BOCS
Evdokia Anagnostou
Dept of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 23:332-9. 2011
..These findings are another step in the effort to identify genetically and biologically distinct groups within this population...
- Review of neuroimaging in autism spectrum disorders: what have we learned and where we go from here
Evdokia Anagnostou
Bloorview Research Institute, University of Toronto, 150 Kilgour Rd, Toronto, ON, M4G 1R8, Canada
Mol Autism 2:4. 2011
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Levetiracetam versus placebo in childhood and adolescent autism: a double-blind placebo-controlled studyStacey Wasserman
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 21:363-7. 2006
..These findings suggest that levetiracetam does not improve behavioral disturbances of autism, but are limited by the small sample size and lack of stratification of the autistic sample at baseline...
- Divalproex sodium vs. placebo in the treatment of repetitive behaviours in autism spectrum disorder
Eric Hollander
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 9:209-13. 2006
..616). This study provides preliminary support for the use of divalproex in treating repetitive behaviours in ASD. Further research is needed to evaluate the specificity and mechanism of action of these findings...
- Oxytocin increases retention of social cognition in autism
Eric Hollander
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Biol Psychiatry 61:498-503. 2007
..This study explored the effect of intravenous oxytocin administration on the retention of social information in autism...
- Impaired structural connectivity of socio-emotional circuits in autism spectrum disorders: a diffusion tensor imaging study
Stephanie H Ameis
Department of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PLoS ONE 6:e28044. 2011
..Here, we used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tract based spatial statistics (TBSS) to evaluate white matter microstructure in ASD...
- A double-blind placebo-controlled trial of fluoxetine for repetitive behaviors and global severity in adult autism spectrum disorders
Eric Hollander
Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
Am J Psychiatry 169:292-9. 2012
..The effects of fluoxetine and placebo on repetitive behaviors and global severity were compared in adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)...
- The 5-HT(2A) receptor and serotonin transporter in Asperger's disorder: A PET study with [¹¹C]MDL 100907 and [¹¹C]DASB
Ragy R Girgis
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Psychiatry Res 194:230-4. 2011
..This study failed to find significant alterations in binding parameters of 5-HT(2A) receptors and serotonin transporters in adult subjects with Asperger's disorder...
- Brief report: Repetitive behaviours in Greek individuals with autism spectrum disorder
Stelios Georgiades
Offord Centre for Child Studies and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
J Autism Dev Disord 40:903-6. 2010
..These factors are most likely located at the top of the RRB structural hierarchy and represent general, independent constructs of ASD behaviours that can be identified not only across studies but also across cultures...
- Striatal volume on magnetic resonance imaging and repetitive behaviors in autism
Eric Hollander
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Annenberg Bldg, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Biol Psychiatry 58:226-32. 2005
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- Handwriting difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorders: a scoping review
Azadeh Kushki
Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, 150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, ON, M4G 1R8, Canada
J Autism Dev Disord 41:1706-16. 2011
..Moreover, diminished overall legibility and compromised letter formation are emerging points of convergence among existing studies of handwriting quality in children with ASD...
- In vivo 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy study of the attentional networks in autism
Silvia Bernardi
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
Brain Res 1380:198-205. 2011
..This study provides evidence of abnormalities in neurotransmission related to networks subserving executive control and alerting of attention, functions which have been previously implicated in ASD pathogenesis...
