2024
Maternal Serotonin Levels and Neurodevelopmental Severity in Autistic Children: A Partial Replication and Extension
Jutla A, Shuffrey L, Guter S, Anderson G, O’Reilly K, Montgomery A, Sutcliffe J, Cook E, Veenstra-VanderWeele J. Maternal Serotonin Levels and Neurodevelopmental Severity in Autistic Children: A Partial Replication and Extension. JAACAP Open 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaacop.2024.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLatent profile analysisSevere profileAdaptive functioningAssociated with social impairmentAutistic childrenAutism symptom severityAutism spectrum disorderNonverbal IQSerotonin systemSocial impairmentAutistic traitsRepetitive behaviorsSerotonin levelsSymptom severityHigh-severity groupSpectrum disorderPartial replicationGroup levelSevere groupExploratory modelProfile analysisChildrenStratified participantsSeveritySerotonin
1993
Cerebrospinal fluid levels of homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in autism
Narayan M, Srinath S, Anderson G, Meundi DB. Cerebrospinal fluid levels of homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in autism. Biological Psychiatry 1993, 33: 630-635. PMID: 7687150, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(93)90102-j.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCSF homovanillic acidHomovanillic acidCerebrospinal fluid concentrationsCerebrospinal fluid levelsDopamine turnoverDopamine metabolitesCentral serotoninControl groupFluid levelsFluid concentrationsMarked alterationsGroup differencesAutistic disorderAutistic subjectsSerotoninChildrenAutistic childrenAlterationsGroupAutismPrevious studiesPlatelet serotonin studies in hyperserotonemic relatives of children with autistic disorder
Cook E, Arora R, Anderson G, Berry-Kravis E, Yan S, Yeoh HC, Sklena P, Charak D, Leventhal B. Platelet serotonin studies in hyperserotonemic relatives of children with autistic disorder. Life Sciences 1993, 52: 2005-2015. PMID: 7684805, DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(93)90685-v.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLysergic acid diethylamideParoxetine bindingWhole bloodSubgroup of subjectsHyperserotonemia of autismProstaglandin E1Arginine vasopressinDensity of plateletsCAMP productionAcid diethylamideLSD bindingAutistic disorderSignificant differencesSignificant correlationBloodSubjectsBasalSubgroupsPlateletsChildrenAutistic probandsUptake VmaxAutistic children