Compulsive Behavior and Eye Blink in Prader-Willi Syndrome: Neurochemical Implications

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-207+270

  Holsen, Laura ^a,c   Thompson, Travis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; OBSESSION; ORBITAL CORTEX; OVERNUTRITION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; RACE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 11144356217     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2004)109<197:CBAEBI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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