Scratch one more simple explanation for autism off the list. This time it's the idea that children with autism have low levels of oxytocin, often called the "love hormone" because it can make people more trusting and social.
"Our data blew that out of the water," says Karen Parker, a Stanford researcher involved in the most rigorous study yet of autism and oxytocin levels. The study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that children with autism were no more likely than other kids to have low levels of oxytocin in the blood.
[For more of this story, written by Jon Hamilton, go to Ā http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/08/04/337836721/oxytocin-isnt-lacking-in-children-with-autism-researchers-say]
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