Psychiatric and neurological disorders have historically provided key insights into the
structure-function relationships that subserve human social cognition and behavior …

Williams–Beuren syndrome, a multisystem disorder caused by the deletion of a
chromosome region of 1.5 million to 1.8 million base pairs containing 26 to 28 genes, is a …

Carriers of the short allele of a functional 5′ promoter polymorphism of the serotonin
transporter gene have increased anxiety-related temperamental traits, increased amygdala …

By 1985 newly devised behavioural and electrophysiological techniques had been used to
track development of infants' acuity, contrast sensitivity and binocularity, and for clinical …

This review critically examines the research findings which characterize the cognitive,
behavioral, and neuroanatomical features of Williams syndrome (WS). This article analyzes …

Williams syndrome is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by an
uncommon hypersociability and a mosaic of retained and compromised linguistic and …

Regulatory interactions with the amygdala are thought to be critical for emotional processing
in the extended limbic system. Structural equation modeling (path analysis) is a widely used …

Williams syndrome, a rare disorder caused by hemizygous microdeletion of about 28 genes
on chromosome 7q11. 23, has long intrigued neuroscientists with its unique combination of …

Context CatecholO-methyltransferase (COMT), the major enzyme determining cortical
dopamine flux, has a common functional polymorphism (val 158 met) that affects prefrontal …

Abstract Recently, 8 areas (5Ci, 5M, 5L, 7PC, 7A, 7P, 7M, hIP3) in the human superior
parietal cortex (SPC) were delineated in 10 postmortem brains using observer-independent …