MRI amygdala volume in Williams Syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2767-2772

  Capitão, Liliana ^a   Sampaio, Adriana ^a   Sampaio, Cassandra ^a   Vasconcelos, Cristiana ^b   Férnandez, Montse ^c   Garayzábal, Elena ^d   Shenton, Martha E ^e,f   Gonçalves, Óscar F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hypersociability; Neurodevelopment; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053635386     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.05.033     Document Type: Article

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