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CHAPTER 12: Regulation of Cortisol Levels in Autistic Individuals and their Mothers

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2010

Abstract

The significant evidence has been collected that individuals with autism spectrum disorders have disturbed regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. The increased level of pituitary adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH), and the decreased concentration of cortisol in plasma and saliva has been found.