Cognition and lobar morphology in full mutation boys with fragile X syndrome

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-84

  Meguid, Nagwa A ^a   Fahim, Cherine ^b,c   Sami, Rasha ^a   Nashaat, Neveen H ^a   Yoon, Uicheul ^c,d   Anwar, Mona ^a   El Dessouky, Hosam M ^e   Shahine, Elham A ^e   Ibrahim, Ahmed Samir ^f   Mancini Marie, Adham ^g   Evans, Alan C ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^e CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognition; Cortical thickness; Fragile X syndrome; Neuroimaging; Surface based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 82455212924     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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