Williams syndrome and memory: A neuroanatomic and cognitive approach

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 870-877

  Sampaio, Adriana ^a,b   Sousa, Nuno ^b   Férnandez, Montse ^a   Vasconcelos, Cristiana ^c   Shenton, Martha E ^d   Gonçalves, Óscar F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampal formation; Memory performance; Neurodevelopment; Williams Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VERBAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEMORY; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 77956227381     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-0940-z     Document Type: Article

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