Fulfilling the promise of the cognitive neurosciences.
The paper by Meyer-Lindenberg and colleagues in this issue of Neuron provides strong evidence that the absence of one or more genes in Williams syndrome leads to highly circumscribed pathology in the dorsal visual stream. This program of research demonstrates that neurocognitive architecture follows the same principles in typical and atypical development.
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Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA.
D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D012919:Social Behavior; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018980:Williams Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*