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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Lightbody, Amy A.; Reiss, Allan L. – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2009
Fragile X syndrome (FraX) remains the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability and provides a valuable model for studying gene-brain-behavior relationships. Over the past 15 years, structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have emerged with the goal of better understanding the neural pathways contributing to the…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Mental Retardation, Genetics, Brain
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Gothelf, Doron; Furfaro, Joyce A.; Penniman, Lauren C.; Glover, Gary H.; Reiss, Allan L. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
Studying the biological mechanisms underlying mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MR/DD) is a very complex task. This is due to the wide heterogeneity of etiologies and pathways that lead to MR/DD. Breakthroughs in genetics and molecular biology and the development of sophisticated brain imaging techniques during the last decades…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Genetic Disorders, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities
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Hessl, David; Rivera, Susan M.; Reiss, Allan L. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
Fragile X syndrome (FXS), caused by a single gene mutation on the X chromosome, offers a unique opportunity for investigation of gene-brain-behavior relationships. Recent advances in molecular genetics, human brain imaging, and behavioral studies have started to unravel the complex pathways leading to the cognitive, psychiatric, and physical…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Genetics, Memory, Brain