Sentences with phrase «with cognitive defects»

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The study broadens the understanding of the brain's memory function and could be used to explain defects in the cognitive development of those with Down's syndrome.

CdLS causes a range of developmental anomalies, both physical and cognitive, and up to 70 percent of people with CdLS have congenital heart defects.

«Our partnership with families who have a child with Down syndrome and our investment in a comprehensive clinical data and biorepository will continue to provide resources to study not only heart defects, but also other Down - syndrome associated medical conditions such as cognitive function, leukemia, and dementia,» says co-author Stephanie Sherman, PhD, professor of human genetics at Emory University School of Medicine.

How might defects in subplate neurons correlate with cognitive deficits and conditions like autism?

In a pair of papers from NASA in 1965 and 1967, researchers found that chimpanzees could survive up to 3.5 minutes in near - vacuum conditions with no apparent cognitive defects, as measured by complex tasks months later.

Mu - Ming Poo of the University of California, Berkeley, agrees, describing the findings as «a very bold link of a molecular defect with a defect in cognitive function.»

What's more, they noticed that mice treated with anti-IFNAR had a reduction in behavioral signs associated with mental illnesses such as anxiety and cognitive defects.

In addition to cognitive problems, patients with X-linked mental retardation (XLMR)-- which includes fragile x syndrome (ScienceNOW, 24 May 2007)-- may also suffer from epilepsy, macrocephaly (an enlarged head), and reproductive defects.

It is also very rarely associated with slightly diminished cognitive function, cleft lip, intestinal and spinal defects, and other congenital disorders.