Brain Lesion Localization and Developmental Functions
n°22. Basal ganglia. Connecting systems. Cerebellum. Mirror neurons.
Mariani Foundation Paediatric Neurology Series

Advances in the neurocognitive sciences, aided by increased imaging power, have extensively confirmed that during early development specific areas of a child's brain are designed to process specific functions-neurologic, cognitive, linguistic, motoric, and visuospatial, among others and that this processing involves globally complex interconnections with other areas distributed throughout the brain: a lesion in a given area interferes with the functioning and coherence of the system as a whole. This volume discusses the consequences of early brain injury to many parts of the brain, including the basal ganglia, with their related disorders of aphasia, OCD, and AD/HD, as well as white matter and its associated neuropsychological impairment of intelligence, language, and visuoperception.