Top ten discoveries of the year: Neurodevelopmental disorders

Abstract: Developmental brain disorders, a highly heterogeneous group of disorders with a prevalence of around 3% of worldwide population, represent a growing medical challenge. They are characterized by impaired neurodevelopmental processes leading to deficits in cognition, social interaction, behavior and motor functioning as a result of abnormal development of brain. This can include developmental brain dysfunction, which can manifest as neuropsychiatric problems or impaired motor function, learning, language or non-verbal communication. Several of these phenotypes can often co-exist in the same patient and characterize the same disorder. Here I discuss some contributions in 2019 that are shaking our basic understanding of the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders. Recent developments in sophisticated in-utero imaging diagnostic tools have raised the possibility of imaging the fetal human brain growth, providing insights into the developing anatomy and improving diagnostics but al.... https://www.uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/index.php/fnp/article/view/2672

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: Top ten discoveries of the year: Neurodevelopmental disorders ; volume:1 ; day:15 ; month:04 ; year:2020 ; Free Neuropathology ; 1 (15.04.2020)

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• Creator: Dierssen, Mara

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• URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:6:3-freeneuropathology-2020-26420
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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