Brain structural differences associated with the behavioural phenotype in children with Williams syndrome

Brain Research

Volumn 1258, Issue , 2009, Pages 96-107

  Campbell, Linda E ^a,b   Daly, Eileen ^a   Toal, Fiona ^c   Stevens, Angela ^a   Azuma, Rayna ^a   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^d   Murphy, Declan G M ^a   Murphy, Kieran C ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural phenotype; Children; Magnetic resonance imaging; Voxel based morphometry; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VOLUMETRY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESTLESSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 64849087035     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.11.101     Document Type: Article

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