A preliminary study of orbitofrontal activation and hypersociability in Williams Syndrome

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-98

  Mimura, Masaru ^a,b   Hoeft, Fumiko ^b   Kato, Motoichiro ^d   Kobayashi, Nobuhisa ^b   Sheau, Kristen ^b   Piggot, Judith ^c   Mills, Debra ^e   Galaburda, Albert ^f   Korenberg, Julie R ^g   Bellugi, Ursula ^h   Reiss, Allan L ^b,i  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Facial emotion; fMRI; Hypersociability; Orbitofrontal cortex; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954959728     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11689-009-9041-8     Document Type: Article

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