Genes, Brain and Development

Marcia A. Barnes is Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Part I. Connecting Genes, Brain, and Behavior in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 1. Fragile X: a model of X-linked mental retardation and neurodegeneration Mariya Borodyanskaya, Sarah Coffey, Michele Ono and Randi J. Hagerman; 2. Autism: genes, anatomy, and behavioral outcome Emma Esser, Saasha Sutera and Deborah Fein; 3. Development in spina bifida: neurobiological and environmental factors Marcia A. Barnes, Heather Taylor, Susan B. Landry and Lianne H. English; Part II. Genetic Disorders and Models of Neurocognitive Development: 4. Language and communication in autism spectrum disorders Susan Ellis Weismer; 5. Language development in children with Williams syndrome: new insights from cross-linguistic research Stavroula Stavrakaki; 6. Language in Down syndrome: a life-span perspective Jean A. Rondal; 7. Genetic disorders as models of mathematics learning disability: fragile X and Turner syndromes Melissa M. Murphy, Michèle M. M. Mazzocco and Michael McCloskey; 8. A developmental approach to genetic disorders Sarah J. Paterson; 9. The use of strategies in embedded figures. Tasks by boys with and without organic mild mental retardation: a review and some experimental evidence A. Alevriadou and H. Tsakiridou.