Atypical activation during the Embedded Figures Task as a functional magnetic resonance imaging endophenotype of autism. (cambridge.org)
BACKGROUND Neurocognitive performance deficits have been observed in mood disorder patients and their unaffected relatives and may therefore qualify as endophenotypes. (semanticscholar.org)
These so - called endophenotypes represent intermediate, subclinical - phased transitions toward a fully manifest phenotypic expression of a disease or disorder (John and Lewis 1966; Gottesman and Gould 2003). (link.springer.com)