SANDI Project - Publications

Resources and Publications:
Spina Bifida Association of America (SBAA)
4590 MacArthur Blvd., NW, Ste. 250, Washington, DC 20007
Voice: (800) 621-3141
Fax: (202) 944-3295
Website: www.sbaa.org
Email: sbaa@sbaa.org

Publications available from SBAA:
- Parent/Teacher Packet (Includes educational material on learning disabilities, all fact sheets, latex allergy, coloring books)
- Steps to Independence: Teaching Everyday Skills to Children with Special Needs. By Bruce Baker, et.al
- Negotiating the Special Education Maze: A Guide for Parents and Teachers. By Winifred Anderson,et.al
- Social Development and the Person with Spina Bifida. By Donald Lollar
- You, Your Child, and Special Education: A Guide for Parents and Teachers. By Barbara Coyne Cutler

Advocacy, Inc. (713) 974-7691 - provides free legal advocacy/advice

Texas Education Agency Parent Hotline: (800) 252-9668. Free

NICHCY (The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities)
P.O. Box 1492 Washington, DC 20013
Voice: (800) 695-0285
Website: www.nichcy.org
Email: nicncy@aed.org
This organization provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals, with a special focus on children and youth, birth to age 22.

Learning Disabilities Association of Houston (LDAH) Voice: (713) 774-6405 Website: www.ldanatl.org
Email: ldanatl@usaor.net
This is a non-profit, volunteer organization that includes individuals with learning disabilities, their families and professionals. They are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities through advocacy, education, research and service, and through collaborative efforts. They conduct "ARD/IEP" workshops throughout the year. Contact them at the phone number listed for a workshop schedule.

SANDI Project: Publication List

FEATURED PAPERS (click to download .pdf)

- Functioning of the corpus callosum in children with early hydrocephalus

- Hannay

- A model of neurocognitive function in spina bifida over the life span

- Dennis et al.

- Arithmetic processing in children with spina bifida: calculation accuracy, strategy use, and fact retrieval fluency

- Dennis et al.

- Cerebellar vermis morphology in children with spina bifida and Chiari type II malformation

- Salman et al.

- Covert orienting to exogenous and endogenous cues in children with spina bifida

- Dennis et al.

- Functional outcome in young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus

- Hetherington et al.

- Neurobiology of perceptual and motor timing in children with spina bifida in relation to cerebellar volume

- Dennis et al.

- Peripersonal spatial attention in children with spina bifida: Associations between horizontal and vertical line bisection and congenital malformations of the corpus callosum, midbrain, and posterior cortex

- Dennis et al.

- Smooth pursuit eye movements in children

- Salman et al.

- Space-based inhibition of return in children with spina bifida

- Dennis et al.

- Spinal lesion level in spina bifida: a source of neural and cognitive heterogeneity

- Fletcher et al.

FEATURED POSTERS (click to download powerpoint)

- Arnold-Chiari II: What’s it all about?
- Attention in children with spina bifida
- Goin' with the flow: Cerebrospinal fluid in the brain
- Hydrocephalus and spina bifida
- We've got your number! Math and Spina Bifida
- Attention in children with spina bifida

FEATURED PRESENTATION

- The Brain and Learning in Spina Bifida

- Jack M. Fletcher

- Attention in individuals with spina bifida: assets and deficits Myelomeningocele

- Maureen Dennis

FEATURED ABSTRACT

- Quantitative Entire Brain Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Spina Bifida Meningomyelocele Children at 3.0T: Preliminary Evidence of Neurodevelopmental Brain Plasticity

- Hasan KM

PAPERS

- Barnes, M.A., Faulkner, H., Wilkinson, M., & Dennis, M. (2004). Meaning construction and integration in children with hydrocephalus. Brain and Language. 89, 47-56.
- Barnes, M.A. (2002). The decoding-comprehension dissociation in the reading of children with hydrocephalus: A reply to Yamada. Brain and Language, 80, 260-263.
- Barnes, M.A., Faulkner, H., & Dennis, M. (2001). Poor reading comprehension despite fast word decoding in children with hydrocephalus. Brain and Language, 76, 35-44.
- Barnes, M.A., Wilkinson, M., Boudousquie, A., Khemani, E., Dennis, M., & Fletcher, J.M. (in press). Arithmetic processing in children with spina bifida: Calculation accuracy, strategy use, and fact retrieval fluency. Journal of Learning Disabilities.
- Barnes, M.A., Dennis, M., & Hetherington, R. (2004). Reading and writing skills in young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 680-688.
- Barnes, M.A., Pengelly, S., Dennis, M., Wilkinson, M., Rogers, T., & Faulkner, H. (2002). Mathematics skills in good readers with hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychology Society, 8, 72-82.
- Brewer, V.R., Fletcher, J.M., Hiscock, M. & Davidson, K.C. (2001). Attention processes in children with shunted hydrocephalus versus attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Neuropsychology, 15, 185-198.
- Burmeister, R., Hannay, H.J., Fletcher, J.M., Boudousquie, A, & Dennis, M. (2005). Attention problems and executive functions in children with spina bifida meningomyelocele. Child Neuropsychology, 11, 265- 284.
- Dennis, M. (2000). Developmental plasticity in children: The role of biological risk, development, time, and reserve. Journal of Communication Disorders, 33, 321-332.
- Dennis, M., & Barnes, M.A. (2002). Math and numeracy in young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Developmental Neuropsychology, 21, 141-155.
- Dennis, M., Edelstein, K., Hetherington, R., Copeland, K., Frederick, J., Blaser, S. E., Drake, J. M., Brandt, M., & Fletcher, J. M. (2004). Neurobiology of timing in children with SB: Short duration perceptual timing and isochronous rhythmic tapping in relation to cerebellar volumes. Brain, 127, 1-10.
- Dennis, M., Edelstein, K., Frederick, J., Copeland, K., Francis, D., Blaser, S.E., Kramer, L.E., Drake, J.M. Brandt, M., Hetherington, R., & Fletcher, J.M. (in press). Spatial attention in children with spina bifida: Horizontal and vertical planes of peripersonal and extrapersonal space. Neuropsychologia.
- Dennis, M., Edelstein, K., Copeland, K., Frederick, J., Francis, D.J., Hetherington, R., Blaser, S.E., Kramer, L.A., Drake, J.M., Brandt, M.E., & Fletcher, J.M. (2005). Covert orienting to exogenous and endogenous cues in children with spina bifida. Neuropsychologia, 43,976- 987.
- Dennis, M., Edelstein, K., Copeland, K., Frederick, Francis, D.J., Hetherington, R., Blaser, S.E., Kramer, L.A., Drake, J.M., Brandt, M.E., & Fletcher, J.M. (2005), 19, 456- 465. Space-based inhibition of return in children with spina bifida. Neuropsychology.
- Dennis, M., Fletcher, J M., Rogers, T., Hetherington, R., & Francis, D. (2002). Object-based and action-based visual perception in children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 95-106.
- Dennis, M., Rogers, T., & Barnes, M.A. (2001). Children with spina bifida perceive visual illusions but not multistable figures. Brain and Cognition, 46, 108-113.
- Dennis, M., Salman, M.S., Hetherington, R., Spiegler, B.J., MacGregor, D.L., Drake, J.M., Humphreys, R.P., & Gentile, F. (in press). Upper limb motor function in young adults with spina bifida. Child's Nervous System.
- Dennis, M., Spiegler, B.J., & Hetherington, R. (2000). New survivors for the new millennium: Cognition in adults with childhood brain insults. Brain and Cognition, 42, 102-105.
- Edelstein, K., Dennis, M., Copeland, K., Francis, D., Frederick, J., Brandt, M., Hetherington, R., & Fletcher, J. M. (2004). Motor learning in children with spina bifida: dissociation between performance level and acquisition rate. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 877- 887.
- Ewing-Cobbs, L., Barnes, M.A., & Fletcher, J.M. (2003). Early brain injury in children: Development and reorganization of cognitive function. Developmental Neuropsychology, 24, 671- 706.
- Fletcher, J.M., Copeland, K., Frederick, J., Hannay, H.J., Brandt, M.E., Francis, D.J., Villarreal, G., Blaser, S.E., Kramer, L.A., Drake, J.M., Laurent, J., Townsend, I., Boudousquie, & Dennis, M. (2005). Spinal lesion level in spina bifida meningomyelocele: A source of neural and cognitive heterogeneity. Journal of Neurosurgery (Pediatrics 3), 102, 268- 279.
- Fletcher, J.M., Barnes, M., & Dennis, M. (2002). Language development in children with spina bifida. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, 9, 201-208.
- Hannay, H.J. (2000). Functioning of the corpus callosum in children with early hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6, 351-361.
- Hetherington, R., Dennis, M., Kennedy, D., Barnes, M., & Drake, J. (1998). Congenital cerebellar dysmorphology: Motor function and MRI-based morphometric analysis. Brain and Cognition, 37, 34-40.
- Hetherington, R. Dennis, M., Barnes, M., Drake, J., & Gentile, F. (in press). Functional outcome in young adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Child’s Nervous System.
- Hetherington, R., & Dennis, M. (1999). Motor function profile in children with early onset hydrocephalus. Developmental Neuropsychology, 15, 25-51.
- Huber-Okrainec, J., & Dennis, M. (2003). Idiom comprehension in childhood: An assessment tool and age norms. Brain and Language, 87, 188-191.
- Huber-Okrainec, J., Dennis, M., Brettschneider, J., & Speigler, B. (2002). Neuromotor speech deficits in children and adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, Brain and Language, 80, 592-602.
- Huber-Okrainec, J. & Dennis, M. (2005). Idiom comprehension deficits in relation to corpus callosum agenesis and hypoplasia in children with spina bifida myelomeningocele. Brain and Language, 93, 349- 368.
- Klaas, P., Hannay, H. J., Caroselli, J., & Fletcher, J. M. (1999). Interhemispheric transfer of information in children with partial agenesis of the corpus callosum. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 21,837-850.
- Lomax-Bream, L., Landry, S., Barnes, M., & Copeland, K. (in press). The impact of spina bifida on broad development across the first three years. Developmental Neuropsychology.
- Northrup, H., & Volick, K.A. (2000). Spina bifida and other neural tube defects. Current Problems in Pediatrics, 30, 313-340.
- O’Donnell, M., Noseworthy, M., Levine, B., Brandt, M., & Dennis, M. (2005). Cortical thickness of the frontopolar area in typically developing children and adolescents. Neuroimage, 24, 948- 954.
- Salman, M.S., Sharpe, J.A., Eizenman, M., Lillakas L., To T., Westall, C., Dennis, M., & Steinbach, M. (in press). Saccadic adaptation quantifies motor learning in children. Neurology.
- Salman, M.S., Sharpe, J.A., Eizenman, M., Lillakas L., Westall, C., To,T., Dennis, M., & Steinbach, M.J. (in press). Saccades in children Vision Research.
- Scott, M.A., Fletcher, J.M., Brookshire, B.L., Davidson, K.C., Landry, S.H., Bohan, T.C., Kramer, L.A., Brandt, M.E., & Francis, D.J. (1998). Memory functions in children with early hydrocephalus. Neuropsychology, 4, 578-589.
- Volcik, K.A., Blanton, S.H., Tyerman, G.H., Jong, S.T., Rott, E.J., Page T.Z., Romaine, N.K., & Northrup, H. (2000). Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and spina bifida: evaluation of level of defect and maternal genotypic risk in Hispanics. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 95, 21-27.
- Volcik, K.A, Blanton, S.H., & Northrup, H. (2001). Examination of MTHFR C677T and A1298 mutations and in utero viability. American Journal of Human Genetics, 69, 1150-1152.
- Volcik, K.A, Blanton, S.H., Kruzel, M.C., Townsend, I.T., Tyerman, G.H., Mier, R.J., & Northrup, H. (2002). Testing for genetic associations in a spina bifida population: analysis of the HOX gene family and human candidate gene regions implicated in mouse models of neural tube defects. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 110, 203-207.
- Volcik, K.A, Blanton, S.H., Kruzel, M.C. Townsend, I.T., Tyerman, G.H., Mier, R.J., & Northrup, H. (2002). Testing for genetic associations to the PAX gene family in a spina bifida population. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 110, 195-202.

SUBMITTED

- Dennis, M., Landry, S.H., Barnes, M.H., & Fletcher, J.M. Neurocognitive function in spina bifida over the lifespan: A model of core and functional deficits.
- Hannay, H.J., Boudousquie, A., Dennis, M., Kramer, L., Blaser, S., & Fletcher, J.M. Auditory interhemispheric transfer in children with spina bifida and corpus callosum anomalies: MRI correlates and compensatory mechanisms.
- Huber-Okrainec, J., & Dennis, M. Idiom comprehension in typically developing 6 to 17 year old children: Effects of literality, compositionality, and contextual support.
- Huber-Okrainec, J., Dennis, M., Bradley, K., & Spiegler, B. Long term effects of transient cerebellar mutism after cerebellar astrocytoma or medulloblastoma tumor resection in childhood.
- Lomax-Bream, L., Landry, S., Barnes, M., Copeland, K., & Dieterich, S. Role of early parenting and motor skills on the development of children with spina bifida.

CHAPTERS

- Barnes, M.A., Smith-Chant, B., & Landry, S. (2005). Number processing in neurodevelopmental disorders: Spina bifida myelomeningocele. In J.I.D. Campbell (Ed.), Handbook of mathematical cognition (pp.299- 314). New York: Psychology Press.
- Dennis, M. (2000). Acquired disorders of language in children. In M.J. Farah & T.E. Feinberg (Eds.), Patient-based approaches to cognitive neuroscience. Issues in clinical and cognitive neuropsychology (pp 199-216). Cambridge: The MIT Press.
- Dennis, M. (2000). Childhood medical disorders and cognitive impairment: Biological risk, time, development, and reserve. In K.O.Yeates, M.D. Ris, & H.G. Taylor (Eds.), Pediatric neuropsychology: Research, theory and practice (pp. 3-22). Guilford Press: New York.
- Dennis, M. (2003). Language after congenital or acquired injury to the immature brain. In G. Adelman & B. Smith (Eds), Encyclopedia of neuroscience, Third Edition (CD ROM). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers.
- Dennis, M., Barnes, M.A., & Hetherington, C.R. (1999). Congenital hydrocephalus as a model of neurodevelopmental disorder. In H. Tager-Flusberg (Ed.) Neurodevelopmental disorders: Contribution to a new perspective from the cognitive neurosciences. (pp 505-532). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Dennis, M., Hetherington, C. R., Spiegler, B. J., & Barnes, M.A. (1999). Functional consequences of congenital cerebellar dysmorphologies and acquired cerebellar lesions of childhood. In S. H. Broman & J. M. Fletcher (Eds.). The changing nervous system: Neurobehavioral consequences of early brain disorders (pp. 172-198). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Dennis M. (in press). Language meaning and form disorders of childhood. In F. I. M. Craik & E. Bialystok (Eds), Lifespan cognition: Mechanisms of change. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Fletcher, J.M., & Dennis, M. (2004). Neuropsychology and learning outcomes. In G. Liptak (Ed.) Evidence- based practices in spina bifida: Developing a research agenda. Washington DC, Spina Bifida Association of America.
- Fletcher, J.M., Dennis, M., & Northrup, H. (2000). Hydrocephalus. In K. O. Yeates, M. D. Ris, & H.. G.Taylor (Eds.). Pediatric neuropsychology: Research, theory and practice (pp 25-46). New York: Guilford Press.
- Fletcher, J.M., Dennis, M., Northrup, H., Barnes, M.A., Hannay, H.J., Landry, S., Copeland, K., Blaser, S.E., Kramer, L.A., Brandt, M.E., & Francis, D.J. (in press). Spina bifida: Genes, brain, and development. In L. Glidden (Ed.), International Review of Research in Mental Retardation. San Diego: Academic Press.
- Hannay, H.J., Fletcher, J.M. & Brandt, M.E. (1999). The role of the corpus callosum in the cognitive development of children with congenital brain malformations. In S.H. Broman & J.M. Fletcher (Eds.), The changing nervous system: Neurobehavioral consequences of early brain disorders. New York: Oxford, pp. 149-171.
- Kirkpatrick, T.J., & Northrup, H. (2003). Genetics of neural tube defects. In Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome, Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
- Yeates, K.O., Fletcher, J.M., & Dennis, M. (in press). Spina bifida and hydrocephalus. In J.E. Morgan & J.H. Ricker (Eds.), Handbook of neuropsychology. New York: Taylor & Francis.

ABSTRACTS

- Au, K-S., Kirkpatrick, T.J., Blanton, S.H., & Northrup, H. (2003). Candidate gene studies for association to spina bifida. Presented at the 2003 Neural Tube Defects Conference (3rd International NTD Conference), Seabrook Island, South Carolina.
- Au, K-S., Volcik, K.A., Featherston S, & Northrup, H. (2001). The low activity H1 haplotype of PDGFRA P1 promoter may predispose to spina bifida in individuals of Mexican descent. American Journal of Human Genetics, 69, A1955.
- Barnes, M.A. (1999). Construction of meaning from text in children with early hydrocephalus. In Symposium: Text comprehension difficulties: Integrating findings from different populations. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Barnes, M.A., Pengelly, S., & Dennis, M. (2001) Arithmetic processing in good readers with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 246.
- Barnes, M.A., Pengelly, S., Dennis, M., Faulkner, H., & Wilkinson, M. (1998). Math processing in good readers with hydrocephalus. Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario.
- Barnes, M.A., & Wilkinson, M. (2002). Math fact retrieval in good readers with spina bifida: Speed and strategy choice. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 316.
- Brandt, M. (1999). An improved whole-brain MRI segmentation procedure based on fuzzy clustering. Seventeenth Annual Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research .
- Brandt, M., Strite, D., Fletcher, J. (2000). Segmentation of brain tissue in hydrocephalus. Eighteenth Annual Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research.
- Brandt, M., Frederick, J., Ibrikci, T., Kramer, L., Davidson, K., & Fletcher, J. (2003). Estimation of brain tissue volumes from magnetic resonance scans in spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 9, 176.
- Brandt, M., Frederick, J., Kramer, L., & Fletcher, J. (2003). Brain tissue volumetry from MRI scans in spina bifida. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research.
- Brandt, M., Fletcher, J.M., & Kramer, L.A. (2002). Brain tissue volumes estimated from magnetic resonance scans in pediatric hydrocephalus. Proceedings of the Second International IEEE EMBS-BMES Meeting.
- Burmeister, R., Hannay, H.J., Copeland, K., Hiscock, M., & Fletcher, J.M. (2003). ADHD in children with spina bifida meningomyelocele. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9, 142.
- Dennis, M., & Fletcher, J.M. (2001). Visual perception in infants, children, and young adults with spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,1, 245.
- Dennis, M., & Hopyan, T. (2001). Rhythm and tonal memory in adolescents after left or right temporal lobectomy. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 240.
- Dennis, M., Barnes, M.A., & Hetherington, C.R, Bosloy, J., Wilkinson, M., Drake, J., Gentile, F., Hoffman, H., & Humphreys, R. (1998). Adult survivors of early-onset hydrocephalus: Does mental arithmetic in childhood predict mental arithmetic and functional numeracy in adulthood? Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 5, 4.
- Dennis, M., Barnes, M.A., Hetherington, C.R., Robitaille, J., Hopyan, T., Spiegler, B.J., & Drake, J. (2000). Retrospective and prospective memory in adult survivors of spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6,160.
- Dennis, M., Barnes, M.A., Janes, J., & Wilkinson, M. (2002). Inferencing from a situation model in children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 294.
- Dennis, M., Edelstein, K., Copeland, K., Brandt, M., Blaser, S., Francis, D., & Fletcher, J.M. (2003). Perceptual and motor timing in children with spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9,176.
- Dennis, M., Edelstein, K., & Copeland, K. Functional dissociation of perceptual and perceptual-motor neglect in children with spina bifida. American Psychological Association 111th Annual Conference, Toronto, 7-10 August, 2003.
- Dennis, M., Fletcher, J.M., Rogers, T., & Hetherington, R. (2001). Object-based and action-based visual perception in children with spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 246.
- Dennis, M., Rogers, T., & Barnes, M.A. (2000). Children with spina bifida perceive visual illusions but not multistable figures. TENNET, Tenth Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
- Edelstein, K., Dennis, M., Copeland, K., Francis, D., Brandt, M., Blaser, S., Hetherington, R., & Fletcher, J.M. (2003). Procedural motor learning in children with spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 9, 142.
- Edelstein, K., Copeland, K., & Dennis, M. Covert and overt shifting of visual attention in children with spina bifida. American Psychological Association 111th Annual Conference, Toronto, 7-10 August, 2003.
- Fletcher, J.M. (2003). Structure-function relationships in children with spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 9, 175.
- Fletcher, J.M., Brandt, M.E., Strite, D., Davidson, K.C., & Slopis, J.M. (2001) Regional morphometric segmentation of the hydrocephalic brain: Relationships with motor and spatial skills. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 246.
- Fletcher, J.M., Northrup, H., Boudousquie, A., Townsend, I., Inwood, S., Francis, D., Copeland, K., & Dennis, M. Genotype-phenotype relationships in children with spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 9, 175.
- Hannay, H.J. (1998). Functioning of the corpus callosum in children with hydrocephalus. Presidential address at the Twenty-First Annual International Neuropsychological Society Mid-year Conference, July 10, Budapest, Hungary.
- Hannay, H.J., Boudousquie, A., Dennis, M., Kramer, L.A., Blaser, S., & Copeland, K. (2003). Auditory interhemispheric transfer in spina bifida meningomyelocele: The role of the level of lesion, corpus callosum, other commissures and handedness. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (submitted).
- Hetherington, R., & Dennis, M. (2001). Visual perception in young adult survivors of spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 246-247.
- Hopyan, T, Schellenberg, E.G., & Dennis, M. (2003). Perception of rhythms with a strong or weak metric structure in children with spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychology Society, 9, 142.
- Hopyan, T., Schellenberg, G., & Dennis, M. (2002). Identification of strong metric rhythms, weak metric rhythms, and metric rhythm violations in children with spina bifida and cerebellar dysmorphology. Conference on The Neurosciences and Music, San Servolo, Venice, Italy.
- Huber-Okrainec, J., Blaser, S., & Dennis, M. (2003). Corpus callosum dysmorphology and idiomatic language function in children with spina bifida, [Presented at Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences – Child Neurology section, Quebec, QC, June, 2003] Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 30(S2), p. 43
- Huber, J., Dennis, M., Brettschneider, J., & Spiegler. B. (2001). Motor speech deficits in children and adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 246-247.
- Huber-Okrainec, J., & Dennis, M. (2002). Idiomatic language deficits in children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 294.
- Huber-Okrainec, J., & Dennis, M. (2002). Idiomatic language development in 6-17 year old children. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 301.
- Huber-Okrainec, J., Dennis, M., & Blaser, S.E. (2003). Idiomatic language function and corpus callosum dysmorphology in children with spina bifida. Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, 38th Annual Meeting, Quebec City QE.
- Jain, N., Hannay, H.J., Kramer, L., Blaser, S., & Fletcher, J.M. (2003). Is interhemispheric transfer via the anterior commissure when the splenium is missing? Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9, 176.
- Khemani, E., & Barnes, MA (2004) Basic computational math Skills and math fluency in children with spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 141.
- Kirkpatrick, T.J., Au, K-S., Volcik, K.A., Featherston, S. & Northrup, H. (2002). The low activity H1 haplotype of PDGFRA P1 promotor may predispose to spina bifida in individuals of Mexican descent. Presented at Neural Tube Defects 2002 and Beyond (2nd International NTD Meeting), Seabrook Island , South Carolina.
- Kirkpatrick, T.J., Au, K.-S., Tran, P.X., Bassett, S., Blanton, S.H., & Northrup, H. (2002). Candidate gene studies for linkage and genetic association to spina bifida in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white populations in North America. American Journal of Human Genetics, 71, A1911
- Ladd, M., Lane, S., Smith-Chant, B., Wilkinson, M., Landry, S., & Barnes, M.A. (2002). The development of number skills in preschoolers and school-age children with spina bifida. International Society for The Study of Behavioral Development 17th Biennial Meeting Abstracts.
- Landry, S.H, Steelman, L, Assel, M, & Barnes, MA (2001). Early cognitive skills in young children with spina bifida/hydrocephalus: A longitudinal study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 246.
- Landry, S., Lomax-Bream, L., & Barnes, M. (2003). The importance of early motor and visual functioning for later cognitive skills in preschoolers with and without spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9, 175.
- Lane, S.E., Loftus, M.A., Landry, S.H., Barnes, M.A., & Smith-Chant, B. (2004). The role of parent-child activities in the development of numerical skills in children with spina bifida and typically developing children, Canadian Psychology,45, p. 116
- Levenbach, J. & Barnes MA (2004). Children’s Use of spatial inferences in reading. Canadian Psychology, 45, p. 117.
- O’Donnell, Noseworthy, M., Levine, B., & Dennis, M. Cortical thickness of the frontopolar area in typically developing children and adolescents. Poster presented at European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, 20th Annual meeting, 18-21 September, 2003, Rotterdam.
- Purzner, J. G., Smith-Chant, B., Wilkinson, M., Boudousquie, A., Dennis, M., Fletcher, J. M., & Barnes, M. (2004) Verbal and visual working memory in children with spina bifida. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 45.
- Salman, M. S., Sharpe, J. A., Eizenman, M., Lillakas, L., Dennis, M., Westall, C., To, T., & Steinbach, M. (2004). Saccadic adaptation in children. Paper presented to the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.
- Salman, M.S., Sharpe, J.A., Eizenman, M., Lillakas, L., Westall, C., To, T., Dennis, M., & Steinbach, M.J. Saccadic adaptation in children with Arnold-Chiari type II malformation. Can J Neurol Sci, 32 (Suppl 1), S65-66.
- Salman, M.S., Sharpe, J.A., Eizenman, M., Lillakas, L., Westall, C., To, T., Dennis, M., & Steinbach, M.J.(2005). Saccadic characteristics in children. Can J Neurol Sci, 32 (Suppl 1):S66.
- Salman, M.S., Sharpe, J.A., Eizenman, M., Lillakas, L., To, T., Westall, C., Steinbach, M.J., & Dennis, M. (2005). Saccades in Children with Chiari type II malformation. Can J Neurol Sci, 32 (Suppl 1):S10.
- Smith-Chant, B.L., Loftus, M., Lane, S., & Barnes, M. (2003). The relation between fine motor, spatial, and home-based activities in the development of numeric skills in preschool children with spina bifida. Proceedings, Annual Conference for the Canadian Society of Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, June 2003.
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