title: The E.K. Shriver Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
abstract: The UMMS Shriver Center promotes an understanding of typical and atypical neurological, cognitive, and behavioral development, emphasizing mental retardation. To accomplish its mission, the Center conducts basic and applied research to determine the biological and environmental factors that influence development and provides training and service programs that directly benefit people with developmental disabilities and their families.
authors.affiliation: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Mental Retardation Inc., Waltham, MA 02254, USA. wmcilvane@shriver.org
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: McIlvane
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008404:Massachusetts