Timing of therapies for Down syndrome: the sooner, the better

Intellectual disability (ID) is the unavoidable hallmark of Down syndrome (DS), with a heavy impact on public health. Accumulating evidence shows that DS is characterized by numerous neurodevelopmental alterations among which the reduction of neurogenesis, dendritic hypotrophy and connectivity alter...

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Main Authors: Fiorenza eStagni, Andrea eGiacomini, Sandra eGuidi, Elisabetta eCiani, Renata eBartesaghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00265/full