Intellectual Disabilities in Down Syndrome from Birth and throughout Life: Assessment and Treatment

• Main Author: Marie-Claude Potier (auth)
• Other Authors: Roger H. Reeves (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Down Syndrome; Intellectual Disabilities; Treatment; Language; prenatal; GABA; Alzheimer's disease
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Research on the multiple aspects of cognitive impairment in Down syndrome (DS), from genes to behavior to treatment, has made tremendous progress in the last decade. The study of congenital intellectual disabilities such as DS is challenging since they originate from the earliest stages of developme...