634 Digeorge Syndrome: Cognitive and Behavioural Development from Birth to Adolescence

Williams syndrome cognitive profile also characterizes Velocardiofacial/DiGeorge syndrome.

Plasma prostacyclin from birth to adolescence.

The plasma concentration of 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha (6-keto-PGF1 alpha), the stable hydration product of prostacyclin, was measured by radioimmunoassay in 111 healthy children aged between 1 day and 16 years and in 21 healthy adults aged between 21 and 72 years. The 6-keto-PGF1 alpha levels in children up to age 16 years were higher than those in adults. During the first 4 days of life th...

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy - from Birth to Adolescence

We present here the historic development of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; the physical and technical aspects have already been covered in a few recent reviews and two conference proceedings [l] and many others are expected to follow in the near future. A technical summary is given by the sequence of figures which stands alone. Our narrative is by no means a recommendation of how research shoul...

Annotation: Development of facial expression recognition from childhood to adolescence: behavioural and neurological perspectives.

BACKGROUND Intact emotion processing is critical for normal emotional development. Recent advances in neuroimaging have facilitated the examination of brain development, and have allowed for the exploration of the relationships between the development of emotion processing abilities, and that of associated neural systems. METHODS A literature review was performed of published studies examinin...

Social cognitive development during adolescence.

Social relationships are particularly important during adolescence. In recent years, histological and MRI studies have shown that the brain is subject to considerable structural development during adolescence. Brain regions that are implicated in social cognition, including parts of prefrontal, parietal and superior temporal cortex, undergo the most pronounced and prolonged change. However, the...