anxiety | arginine vasopressin | autism | depression | oxytocin | social
Oxytocin may some day be a therapy to treat autism.
The brain chemical oxytocin works with the brain chemical arginine vasopressin to control social behavior. The effects of these two chemicals vary, however, depending on the animal model that is used for the study. Studies have shown that many people with autism are different from other people with regards to their genes for oxytocin. This review article describes the role of the brain chemical oxytocin as a therapy for autism, anxiety, and depression. The author also describes his work looking at release patterns of oxytocin in the brains of mice that are doing different things.
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