Abnormal callosal morphology in male adult dyslexics: Relationships to handedness and phonological abilities

Brain and Language

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-146

  Robichon, Fabrice ^a,b   Habib, Michel ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain lateralisation; Brain MRI; Corpus callosum; Developmental dyslexia; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; DYSLEXIA; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; READING;

EID: 0031861020     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1891     Document Type: Article

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