The DCDC2/intron 2 deletion and white matter disorganization: Focus on developmental dyslexia

Cortex

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 227-243

  Marino, Cecilia ^a,b,c   Scifo, Paola ^d,e   Della Rosa, Pasquale A ^f   Mascheretti, Sara ^a   Facoetti, Andrea ^a,g   Lorusso, Maria L ^a   Giorda, Roberto ^a   Consonni, Monica ^e   Falini, Andrea ^d   Molteni, Massimo ^a   Gruen, Jeffrey R ^h   Perani, Daniela ^d,e,i  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d CERMAC (Centro di Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo)   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

DCDC2; Developmental dyslexia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Neuronal migration; READ1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DCDC2 GENE; DCDC2 INTRON 2 DELETION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISORIENTATION; DYSLEXIA; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENE; GENE DELETION; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; INTRON; LEARNING DISORDER; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER DISORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PROCEDURES; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

DCDC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE NET; READING; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902202333     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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