Altered neural activity of magnitude estimation processing in adults with the fragile X premutation

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1909-1916

  Kim, So Yeon ^a   Hashimoto, Ryu ichiro ^b   Tassone, Flora ^a   Simon, Tony J ^a   Rivera, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FMR1 gene; Fragile X premutation; Frontal and parietal areas; Functional MRI; Magnitude estimation processing; Perception

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X PREMUTATION; FRONTAL AND PARIETAL AREAS; FUNCTIONAL MRI; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION PROCESSING; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886092257     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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