Symbolic sequence learning is associated with cognitive-affective profiles in female FMR1 premutation carriers

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-393

  Kraan, C M ^a   Hocking, D R ^b   Bradshaw, J L ^a   Georgiou Karistianis, N ^a   Metcalfe, S A ^c,d   Archibald, A D ^c,d   Fielding, J ^a,d   Trollor, J ^e,f   Cohen, J ^a,c,g   Cornish, K M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Victorian Clinical Genetics Murdoch Childrens Research Institute ^*  (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g Fragile X Alliance Inc (Clinic and Resource Centre)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome; Cortico cerebellar networks; FMR1 gene; FMRP; FXTAS; Phenotype; Premutation carrier

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SYMBOLIC SEQUENCE LEARNING; SYMBOLIC SERIAL REACTION TIME TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; ALLELE; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALLELES; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84897964745     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12122     Document Type: Article

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