Structural abnormalities in the dyslexic brain: A meta-analysis of voxel-based morphometry studies

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3055-3065

  Richlan, Fabio ^a   Kronbichler, Martin ^a,b   Wimmer, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Dyslexia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meta analysis; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; DYSLEXIA; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84880475575     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22127     Document Type: Article

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