Eye movements reveal sexually dimorphic deficits in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Paolozza, Angelina ^a   Munn, Rebecca ^a   Munoz, Douglas P ^a,b   Reynolds, James N ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Eye movements; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Saccade dysmetria; Saccades; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECELERATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 84924419325     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00076     Document Type: Article

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