Anatomical correlates of dyslexia: Frontal and cerebellar findings

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 482-494

  Eckert, Mark A ^a   Leonard, Christiana M ^a   Richards, Todd L ^b   Aylward, Elizabeth H ^b   Thomson, Jennifer ^c   Berninger, Virginia W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dyslexia; Frontal lobe; MRI; Rapid automatic naming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSLEXIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING;

EID: 0037317223     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg026     Document Type: Article

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