Title |
Visual motion processing deficits in infants with the fragile X premutation
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Published in |
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1866-1955-6-29 |
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Authors |
Pamela K Gallego, Jessica L Burris, Susan M Rivera |
Abstract |
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) results from a trinucleotide repeat expansion (full mutation >200 cytosine-guanine-guanine (CGG) repeats) in the FMR1 gene, leading to a reduction or absence of the gene's protein product, fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), ultimately causing cognitive and behavioral impairments that are characteristic of the syndrome. In our previous work with infants and toddlers with FXS, we have been able to describe much about their cognitive and visual processing abilities. In light of recent work on the mild cognitive deficits and functional and structural brain differences that are present in adults with the fragile X (FX) premutation, in the present study we examined whether some of the low-level visual processing deficits we have observed in infants with FXS would also be present in infants with the FX premutation (55-200 CGG repeats). |
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New Zealand | 1 | 50% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
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Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Unknown | 45 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 13% |
Student > Master | 6 | 13% |
Researcher | 4 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 3 | 7% |
Professor | 3 | 7% |
Other | 8 | 18% |
Unknown | 15 | 33% |
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Psychology | 14 | 31% |
Neuroscience | 6 | 13% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 7% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
Sports and Recreations | 1 | 2% |
Other | 2 | 4% |
Unknown | 17 | 38% |