Is developmental dyslexia a disconnection syndrome? Evidence from PET scanning

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-157

  Paulesu, Eraldo ^a,e   Frith, Uta ^b,c   Snowling, Margaret ^d   Gallagher, Alison ^b   Morton, John ^b,c   Frackowiak, Richard S J ^a   Frith, Christopher D ^a,c  

^a Institute of Neurology

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Functional brain imaging; Insula; Perisylvian regions; Phonology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029919288     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.1.143     Document Type: Article

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