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dc.contributor.authorRose'Meyer, Roselyn
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:17:35Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:17:35Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn20527810
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/69790
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition that exhibits itself in children with impaired communication, sensory and learning problems. It is established that autism spectrum disorder is an inheritable disorder with rates of autism varying with gender in a ratio of approximately four males to every one female. The debate over the genetic causes of autism continues with the variations in autistic phenotype being due to a combination of genetics and a range of environmental factors. Many of the risk factors for autism spectrum disorder occur prenatally and include a plethora of conditions but not limited to the following factors; age of parents, infections, asthma and autoimmune conditions, gestational diabetes, iron deficiency, obesity, anxiety, stress and depression. This review investigates the possible role of excess prenatal cortisol in the development of autism spectrum disorder in children who may be genetically predisposed to the detrimental effects of excess cortisol and appraises many of the reported prenatal risk factors which are either caused by excess cortisol or contribute to elevated cortisol during gestation. Conclusion If cortisol is an environmental contributor to the development of autism spectrum disorder, many of the risk factors (i.e. stress, iron deficiency, uncontrolled asthma) that result in the elevation of cortisol during pregnancy are treatable and as such a greater awareness is required by practitioners to understand that high cortisol levels should raise the same concerns during gestation as does elevated glucose levels.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOpen Access Publishing London
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.oapublishinglondon.com/article/1139
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2
dc.relation.ispartofpageto6
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalOA Autism
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode119999
dc.titleIs cortisol the underlying mediator of prenatal risk factors associated with autism spectrum disorders?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medical Science
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorRose'Meyer, Roselyn B.


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