Neurodevelopmental disorders
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Neurodevelopmental disorders refer to conditions of impaired cognitive and motor functions stemming from an atypical development of the brain. They affect executive functions, emotion, learning and memory, and motor functions and the symptoms unfold over time.
The most common neurodevelopmental disorders are ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, language disorders and dyslexia, mental retardation, cerebral palsy and acquired brain injuries.
The research aims at understanding the complex gene versus environmental interactions that causes the disorders and find new targets for prevention and intervention.
Research groups
- Susanne Bejerot, adhd and autism spectrum disorders
- Krister K. Boman, psychosocial childhood research
- Sven Bölte, autism spectrum disorders
- Sandra Ceccatelli, developmental neurotoxicology
- Ann-Christin Eliasson, paediatric neurology, neurodevelopment
- Hans Forssberg, neurodevelopmental disorders
- Peter Fransson, large-scale connectivity in the human brain
- Linda Halldner Henriksson, predictors for neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD
- Rochellys Diaz Heijtz, developmental cognitive neuroscience
- Eric Herlenius, autonomic control in infants
- Juha Kere, genetics and molecular biology of dyslexia and cognitive development
- Torkel Klingberg, developmental cognitive neuroscience
- Hugo Lagercrantz, neonatal pain
- Jan-Olov Larsson, child and adolescent psychiatry
- Per Anders Rydelius, child and adolescent psychiatry
- Thomas Sejersen, neuropediatrics
- Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, neural differentiation and cancer development
- Lisa Thorell, cognitive processes and ADHD
