Brief report: Plasma Β-endorphin and cortisol levels in autistic patients

✍ Scribed by Curt A. Sandman; Jennifer L. Barron; Alexander Chicz-DeMet; Edward M. DeMet

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 218 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-3432
• DOI: 10.1007/bf02207000

✦ Synopsis

reported success with opiate blockers in the treatment of self-injurious behavior (SIB). In direct studies of the possible influence of [~-endorphin (BE) in autism, Campbell, Adams, Small, Tesch, and Currens (1988;Campbell et al., 1989Campbell et al., , 1990) ) reported that the majority of autistic children given naltrexone responded favorably. However, measures of various opiates in plasma or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of autistic patients have been inconclusive.