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Current hormones Project
 Erin Ingudomnukul, Simon Baron-Cohen, Liliana Ruta, Kevin Taylor, Sabine Bahn, Lindsay Chura
The ARC has conducted a unique study into the role of foetal testosterone in autism spectrum conditions, but this has prompted the investigation into whether current hormone levels might also be atypical in autism and Asperger Syndrome. This new study is looking principally at the sex steroids (e.g., free testosterone, oestrogen, androstendione, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), luteinizing hormone (LH), oestradial, progesterone) in blood serum samples from men and women with and without Asperger Syndrome. Analysis will involve ELIZAs as well as mass spectrometry. Results will be available during 2008. This study was in part stimulated by the survey of tesosterone-related medical conditions we completed, which found that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and some androgen-related tumours were more common in women with Asperger Syndrome, and their mothers.
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