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- Title
Williams syndrome as a model of genetically determined right-hemisphere dominance.
- Authors
Bogdanov, N.; Solonichenko, V.
- Abstract
Studies were carried out on the dermatoglyphics (skin ridge marks) on the hands of children with Williams syndrome; this is an inherited disease with cardiovascular pathology and a characteristic facial phenotype (“elf” facies), along with specific mental and cognitive disturbances. The results suggest a characteristic dermatoglyphic type with the presence of complex whorls on the fingers and a clear predominance of marks of greater complexity on the left hand; this is a very rare trait in normal people and in those with other inherited nervous system disorders. The features of the dermatoglyphic pattern serve as a characteristic marker of a genetically determined state of the human central nervous system, and suggests directions for neurophysiological studies of children with Williams syndrome as a unique model for analysis of higher nervous function in humans.
- Publication
Neuroscience & Behavioral Physiology, 1997, Vol 27, Issue 3, p264
- ISSN
0097-0549
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02462891