Developmental Disorders of the Frontostriatal System
Subtitle: Neuropsychological, Neuropsychiatric and Evolutionary Perspectives (Brain Damage, Behaviour and Cognition)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: January 5, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781841692265
Subjects: Cognitive theory; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Psychiatry; Pediatrics; Neuropsychology; Psychology; Developmental - Child; Developmental neurobiology; Developmental disabilities; Pediatric neuropsychiatry; Pediatric neuropsychology
First sentence: Before we consider the frontostriatal system as a region developmentally vulnerable to a group of related neuropsychiatric disorders, it is profitable to address the proliferation of disciplines, clinical and basic, which are concerned with the functions of the brain and mind in health and disease.