Fronto-parietal and cerebellar contributions to motor dysfunction in Williams syndrome: A review and future directions

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-507

  Hocking, Darren R ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a   Rinehart, Nicole J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Fronto parietal; Motor dysfunction; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINEMATICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

CEREBELLUM; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 38649131943     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2007.09.003     Document Type: Review

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