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Age-dependent cognitive changes in carriers of the fragile X syndrome.
Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior - 1 Jun 2008
Cornish Kim M, Li Lexin, Kogan Cary S, Jacquemont Sebastien, Turk Jeremy, Dalton Ann, Hagerman Randi J, Hagerman Paul J
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is caused by the silencing of a single gene on the X chromosome, the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. Affected individuals display a unique neurocognitive phenotype that includes significant impairment in inhibitory control, selective attention, working memory, and visual-spatial cognition. In contrast, little is known about the trajectory and...
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