Surface area accounts for the relation of gray matter volume to reading-related skills and history of dyslexia

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2625-2635

  Frye, Richard E ^a,b   Liederman, Jacqueline ^c   Malmberg, Benjamin ^b   McLean, John ^b   Strickland, David ^b   Beauchamp, Michael S ^d  

^a Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical morphology; cortical surface area; cortical thickness; dyslexia; gray matter volume; reading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; READING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957822728     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq010     Document Type: Article

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