Callosal Agenesis

I: Neuroclinical Findings.- A. Clinical Description and Related Disorders.- Callosal Agenesis: Review of Clinical, Pathological and Cytogenetic Features.- The Aicardi Syndrome.- The Andermann Syndrome.- The Andermann Syndrome: Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum and Sensorimotor Neuropathy.- The Pathology of the Andermann Syndrome.- Genetic Studies of the Andermann Syndrome.- A New Syndrome: Familial Fronto-Nasal Dermoid Cysts with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum.- Other Syndromes Frequently Associated with Callosal Agenesis.- B. Neuroradiological Characteristics.- Antenatal Sonographic Findings of Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum.- Callosal Agenesis: Postnatal Sonographic Findings.- CT Findings in Callosal Agenesis.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Corpus Callosum Dysgenesis.- C. Sleep Patterns.- Coherence Patterns of Infant Sleep EEG in the Absence of the Corpus Callosum.- Sleep, Dreaming and EEG Coherence Patterns in Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: Comparisons with Callosotomy Patients.- II: Animal Models.- Aspects of Dendritic Maturation of Callosally Projecting Neurons.- Defects of the Fetal Forebrain in Acallosal Mice.- Pattern of Interhemispheric Connections in Mice with Congenital Deficiencies of the Corpus Callosum.- Three Different Animal Models of Early Callosal Defects: Morphological and Behavioral Studies.- III: Neuropsychological Description.- A. Sensory and Sensorimotor Functions.- Midline Sensory Integration in Callosal Agenesis.- Visual Integration in Callosal Agenesis.- The Development of Interhemispheric Transfer of Tactile Information in Cases of Callosal Agenesis.- Short- and Middle-Latency Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Callosal Agenesis.- Motor Coordination in Callosal Agenesis.- B. Cognitive Functions.- Cognitive Functioning in Callosal Agenesis.-The Behavioral and Developmental Consequences of Callosal Agenesis and Aicardi Syndrome.- Auditory Verbal Learning and Memory in Cases of Callosal Agenesis.- Sounds and Shapes: Language and Spatial Cognition in Callosal Agenesis.- Disconnection Syndrome in Callosal Agenesis.- IV.- Callosal Agenesis — A Natural Split-Brain: Overview.- Contributors.