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ERIC Number: EJ511079
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0160-2896
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Brain Size and Cerebral Glucose Metabolic Rate in Nonspecific Retardation and Down Syndrome.
Haier, Richard J.; And Others
Intelligence, v20 n2 p191-210 Mar-Apr 1995
Brain size and cerebral glucose metabolic rate were determined for 10 individuals with mild mental retardation (MR), 7 individuals with Down syndrome (DS), and 10 matched controls. MR and DS groups both had brain volumes of about 80% compared to controls, with variance greatest within the MR group. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Biological Influences, Downs Syndrome, Environmental Influences, Genetics, Intelligence, Mental Retardation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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