NEURODEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN AUTISM

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 这项研究的目的是获得患有和不患有自闭症谱系障碍的幼儿的行为、精神、认知、发育和生物学信息。这项工作预计将产生试点数据，支持更全面的评估和干预应用的可行性。 具体目标包括比较青春期前自闭症患者和健康对照组的催产素和加压素基线，并探讨性别差异。 为了探索自闭症儿童在早上的皮质醇变化是否与完成相同方案的健康对照组儿童相同。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The purpose of this study is to get behavioral, psychiatric, cognitive, developmental, and biologic information about young children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders. This work is expected to result in pilot data that will support the feasibility of a more comprehensive assessment and intervention application. Specific aims include the comparison of oxytocin and vasopressin baselines in prepubertal individuals with Autism to healthy controls and to explore gender differences and to explore if children with Autism have the same cortisol variation over the course of a morning as healthy control children that completed the same protocol.