Pediatric Developmental Disabilities, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX 75219, USA. behroze.vachha@tsrh.org.
: This article was the winner of the triennial Casey Holter Memorial Prize awarded by the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida, 2004. ABSTRACT: This essay explores the link between the limbic/hypothalamic systems within the complex conditions of hydrocephalus and myelomeningocele. Acknowledging the neuroanatomical and neuroendocrine risks inherent in the developing brains of these individuals, we focus on the converging components of temperament, cognition, and language.