A portion of autistic patients exhibit compulsive-like behaviours. In addition
it has been suggested that serotonin plays a major role in both obsessive
compulsive disorder (OCD) and autistic disorder. Other neurohumors such as
endogenous opioids and oxytocin have also been implicated in the two
disorders. There is also some pharmacological overlap between the two
disorders, as well as some similar neuroimaging studies. These similarities
and overlaps have led us to propose a putative OCD-autistic disorder, which
should be studied in greater detail.
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