Genetics and Genomics of Neurobehavioral Disorders
Published on 9. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 428 pages
978-1-61737-322-0 (ISBN)
Description
A clear and comprehensive account of how genetic abnormalities, neurobiology, and neuropsychology work together to manifest cognitive-behavioral dysfunction. The authors review the current status of research in autosomal disorders that produce cognitive-behavioral dysfunction and syndromal and nonsyndromal disorders that produce mental retardation. Comprehensive and up-to-date, Genetics and Genomics of Neurobehavioral Disorders integrates the molecular, genomic, neuropsychological, and neurobehavioral factors that produce learning disabilities and mental retardation into a coherent framework for the understanding and assessment of neurobehavioral disorders.
Reviews / Votes
"this book brings together research from neuroscience, genetics, and psychology in a concise and unique way. This type of synthesis is sorely needed as we struggle to understand the complexities of human brain function and dysfunction. It is a valuable contribution to these fields as is, and it is exciting to speculate what future editions will contain. "-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal"...Gene Fisch has edited a remarkable volume...I highly recommend this book for clinicians, researchers, and students interested in neurodevelopmental disorders." - Human Genetics
"...a comprehensive and highly accessible review of this enormously interesting body of work...a highly readable and thought-provoking volume." - J. AM. ACAD. CHILD ADOLESC. PSYCHIATRY
"...a useful update on behavioral phenotypes for which the neurobiological substrates are beginning to reveal their secrets." - Association for Child Psychology
"...a useful update on behavioral phenotypes for which the neurobiological substrates are beginning to reveal their secrets." - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Language
English
Place of publication
Totowa
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
27 s/w Abbildungen
X, 428 p. 27 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
633 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61737-322-0 (9781617373220)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-59259-353-8
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Gene S. Fisch
Genetics and Genomics of Neurobehavioral Disorders
Book
01/2003
Humana Press Inc.
€160.49
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Content
I. Introduction and Overview.- 1 The Genetics and Genomics of Neurobehavioral Disorders: Historical Introduction and Overview.- 2 Neuroanatomical Considerations Specific to the Study of Neurogenetics.- 3 Modeling Cognitive Disorders: From Genes to Therapies.- 4 What Can the Study of Behavioral Phenotypes Teach Us About the Pathway from Genes to Behavior?.- II. Autosomal Disorders and Neurobehavioral Dysfunction.- 5 The Central Nervous System in Neurofibromatosis Type 1.- 6 Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes: Cognitive and Behavioral Phenotypes.- 7 Tuberous Sclerosis.- 8 Behavioral Phenotype in Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome.- 9 Williams-Beuren Syndrome.- 10 Behavioral Phenotype in Myotonic Dystrophy (Steinert's Disease).- III. X-Linked Nonsyndromal Disorders and Neurobehavioral Dysfunction.- 11 Genetics of X-Linked Mental Retardation.- 12 Nonsyndromal Mental Retardation Associated with the FRAXE Fragile Site and the FMR2 Gene.- IV. X-Linked Syndromal Disorders and Neurobehavioral Dysfunction.- 13 ATR-X Syndrome.- 14 The Fragile X Syndrome and the Fragile X Mutation.- 15 Rett Syndrome: Clinical-Molecular Correlates.