The neurobiology of Williams syndrome: Cascading influences of visual system impairment?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1867-1875

  Eckert, M A ^a   Galaburda, A M ^b   Mills, D L ^c   Bellugi, U ^d   Korenberg, J R ^e   Reiss, A L ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal stream hypothesis; LIMK1; Pulvinar; Visual spatial; Visuospatial; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

LIM KINASE 1; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMOTION; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL DISORDER; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 33747227395     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5553-x     Document Type: Review

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