Genetics and Genomics of Neurobehavioral Disorders (Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: January 7, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781588290458
Subjects: Clinical psychology; Hereditary diseases & disorders; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Psychiatry; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Mental Illness; Behavior Genetics; Mental Disorders; Medical / Nursing; Psychology; Neuroscience; Neurobehavioral disorders; Genetics; Neurology - General; Science / Genetics; Science; Genetic aspects
First sentence: Broadly speaking, the genetics and genomics of neurobehavioral disorders examine the causal relationship between genetic mutations on the one hand, and impaired development, particularly cognitive-behavioral development, on the other, and the neurobiological and neurophysiological functions that are disrupted in between.