Brain abnormalities in Williams syndrome: a review of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging findings

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology : EJPN : Official Journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society
Andrea Parolin JackowskiAcioly Luiz Tavares de Lacerda

Abstract

Williams syndrome (WS) is rare genetic form of mental retardation caused by a microdeletion on chromosome 7q11.23 that causes cognitive impairment and a variety of physical abnormalities. MRI studies of WS have demonstrated a series of brain abnormalities, including decreased brain size, with a relatively greater decrease in the volume of the cerebral white matter volume as compared to the cerebral gray matter. Moreover there is evidence that the posterior cerebrum is more affected in that persons with WS have a greater ratio of frontal to posterior regional volume. These findings are further supported by automated analyses that have shown reduced gray matter density in the superior parietal lobe areas. Functional MRI studies have demonstrated hypofunction immediately adjacent to, and anterior to, the intraparietal sulcus, a region in which structural brain differences had been identified. These anatomical and functional differences are consistent with the neuropsychological profile of WS - in particular, with evidence of dorsal stream visual processing deficits. To date, however, studies have always been performed in comparison to intellectually average controls. It is not clear, therefore, if findings are specific to the WS p...Continue Reading

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