@article {22137, title = {Genetic mapping of brain plasticity in Williams Syndrome: ERP markers of face and language processing across development}, journal = {Dev Neuropsychol}, volume = {38}, year = {2013}, pages = {613-642}, abstract = {

In\ WilliamsSyndrome\ (WS), a known\ genetic\ deletion results in atypical\ brain\ function with strengths in\ face\ and\ languageprocessing. We examined how\ genetic\ influences on\ brain\ activity change with\ development. In three studies, event-related potentials (ERPs) from large samples of children, adolescents, and adults with the full\ genetic\ deletion for WS were compared to typically developing controls, and two adults with partial deletions for WS. Studies 1 and 2 identified\ ERPmarkers\ of\ brainplasticity\ in WS\ acrossdevelopment. Study 3 suggested that, in adults with partial deletions for WS, specific genes may be differentially implicated in\ face\ and\ languageprocessing.

}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24219698}, author = {Mills, D.L. and Dai, L. and Yam, A. and Fishman, I. and Bellugi, U. and Reiss, A.L. and Korenberg, J.R.} }