Brain abnormalities underlying altered activation in dyslexia: A voxel based morphometry study

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2453-2461

  Silani, G ^a   Frith, U ^b   Demonet, J F ^c   Fazio, F ^a,d,e   Perani, D ^f   Price, C ^g   Frith, C D ^g   Paulesu, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural context; Developmental dyslexia; Disconnection hypothesis; Grey matter; MRI; PET; Phonological deficit; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DYSLEXIA; FRANCE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; ITALY; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 26044460165     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh579     Document Type: Article

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