Neurocognitive variance and neurological underpinnings of the X and Y chromosomal variations

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-43

  Gropman, Andrea ^a   Samango Sprouse, Carole A ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

47, XXY; 48, XXXY; 49, XXXXY; Aneuploidies; Dyspraxia; Sex chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANEUPLOIDY; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KARYOTYPE 47,XXX; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KARYOTYPE 48,XXYY; KARYOTYPE 49,XXXXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOSAICISM; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 84873093580     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31352     Document Type: Article

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