title: Copying the development: mirror neurons in child development.
abstract: Since intrauterine life, our brain is exposed to diverse internal and external factors that generate epigenetic changes affecting the neural networks and thus modifying the properties of the mirror neurons of the developing infant. We consider that changes on the mirror neurons may play a role on the neuro-developmental pathologies of an infant where no structural brain lesion is observed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infantil Doctor Robert Reid Cabral, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana; Universidad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Address: Avenida Abraham Lincoln 2, Sector La Feria, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Email: herreramorbanmd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Demian Arturo
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Herrera Morban
authors.affiliation: Hospital Salvador Bienvenido Gautier, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
authors.forename: Nathalia Caridad
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Montero Cruz
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D059167:Mirror Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: epigenetic process; mirror neurons; neurodevelopment