Cognitive deficits and associated neurological complications in individuals with Down's syndrome

IT Lott, M Dierssen - The Lancet Neurology, 2010 - thelancet.com
Improvements in medical interventions for people with Down's syndrome have led to a
substantial increase in their longevity. Diagnosis and treatment of neurological …

A neuropsychological theory of motor skill learning.

DB Willingham - Psychological review, 1998 - psycnet.apa.org
This article describes a neuropsychological theory of motor skill learning that is based on the
idea that learning grows directly out of motor control processes. Three motor control …

Memory for serial order: A network model of the phonological loop and its timing.

N Burgess, GJ Hitch - Psychological review, 1999 - psycnet.apa.org
A connectionist model of human short-term memory is presented that extends the
“phonological loop”(AD Baddeley, 1986) to encompass serial order and learning …

Brain morphometry and cognitive performance in detoxified alcohol-dependents with preserved psychosocial functioning

S Chanraud, C Martelli, F Delain… - …, 2007 - nature.com
The extent of structural brain damage and related cognitive deficits has been little described
in alcohol-dependent individuals with preserved social functioning. Thus, we investigated …

The role of the cerebellum in cognition and behavior: a selective review

M Rapoport, R van Reekum… - The Journal of …, 2000 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
The cerebellum has traditionally been seen primarily to coordinate voluntary movement, but
evidence is accumulating that it may play a role in cognition and behavior as well. This is a …

Cerebellar damage produces selective deficits in verbal working memory

SM Ravizza, CA McCormick, JE Schlerf, T Justus… - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The cerebellum is often active in imaging studies of verbal working memory, consistent with
a putative role in articulatory rehearsal. While patients with cerebellar damage occasionally …

Dissociable contributions of the prefrontal and neocerebellar cortex to time perception

JA Mangels, RB Ivry, N Shimizu - Cognitive Brain Research, 1998 - Elsevier
We report a series a three psychophysical experiments designed to differentiate the
contributions of the neocerebellar and prefrontal cortex to time perception. Comparison of …

The mixed-lineage leukemia fusion partner AF4 stimulates RNA polymerase II transcriptional elongation and mediates coordinated chromatin remodeling

E Bitoun, PL Oliver, KE Davies - Human molecular genetics, 2007 - academic.oup.com
AF4 gene, frequently translocated with mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) in childhood acute
leukemia, encodes a putative transcriptional activator of the AF4/LAF4/FMR2 (ALF) protein …

Neurofunctional mechanisms in autism.

L Waterhouse, D Fein, C Modahl - Psychological review, 1996 - psycnet.apa.org
Behavioral impairments in autism are theorized to result from abnormal neuronal
organization in brain development generating 4 systemically related neurofunctional …

Patterns of Age-related Shrinkage in Cerebellum and Brainstem Observed In Vivo Using Three-dimensional MRI Volumetry

AR Luft, M Skalej, JB Schulz, D Welte, R Kolb… - Cerebral …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
This study investigates the time course and regional differences in age-related volume loss
in cerebellum and brainstem. Threedimensional (3D) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …