Relationship between brain and cognitive processes in down syndrome

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-393

  Menghini, Deny ^a   Costanzo, Floriana ^a   Vicari, Stefano ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive phenotype; Developmental disabilities; Magnetic resonance; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INSULA; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORBITAL CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958224719     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9448-3     Document Type: Article

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