Not exact matches
A case in point is the rare but
severe psychomotor disease Allan - Herndon - Dudley syndrome (AHDS), a congenital condition that affects only males and starves the developing
brain of thyroid hormone, resulting in cognitive impairment and
atrophied muscles and motor skills.
Severe abnormalities were detected including decreased body weight, hyperactivity, abnormal anxiety responses, cognitive deficits, shortened survival and
brain atrophy (Menalled et al., SFN 2009).
Magnetic resonance imaging reveals that
brain atrophy is more
severe in older California sea lions with domoic acid toxicosis.