Oculomotor control in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders assessed using a mobile eye-tracking laboratory

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1302-1309

  Green, C R ^b   Mihic, A M ^b   Brien, D C ^b   Armstrong, I T ^a,b   Nikkel, S M ^c   Stade, B C ^d   Rasmussen, C ^e   Munoz, D P ^a,b   Reynolds, J N ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive function; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Saccadic eye movements

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL RELATED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ERROR; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARTIAL FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDOME; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 61849157789     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06668.x     Document Type: Article

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