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THE ANTERIOR COMMISSURE IN DOWN'S SYNDROME
Author(s) -
Sylvester P. E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1986.tb01294.x
Subject(s) - anterior commissure , commissure , sagittal plane , down syndrome , medicine , anatomy , hippocampal formation , psychology , pediatrics , psychiatry
The area of a mid-sagittal secretion of the anterior commissure was found to be significantly smaller in 16 Down's syndrome patients compared with that of ten control subjects (3.78 mm2 compared with 7.52 mm2). Variables which could have influenced the differences such as brain weight, neuropathological features, relation to olfactory tract and hippocampal sizes were considered and excluded. It was deduced that smallness in size in Down's syndrome was the result of congenital malformation.