Neuroimaging cognitive function in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-188

  Malisza, Krisztina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD); Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS); functional MRI (fMRI); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Neuroimaging; Positron Emission Spectroscopy (PET); Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 56149114000     PISSN: 21911231     EISSN: 21910367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJDHD.2007.6.2.171     Document Type: Article

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