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Serotonin and autism: biochemical and molecular biology features.
Psychiatry research - 1 Nov 1996
Hérault J, Petit E, Martineau J, Cherpi C, Perrot A, Barthélémy C, Lelord G, Müh J P
Abstract excerpt
Whole blood and urinary levels of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) and the derivative urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were measured in normal and autistic subjects. An association was tested between autism and a marker coding for the 5-HT2A serotonergic receptor gene. Significant group (high urinary 5-HT and low whole blood 5-HT in autism) and age effects (urinary 5-HT decrease with age) were...
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