The DCDC2 intron 2 deletion impairs illusory motion perception unveiling the selective role of magnocellular-dorsal stream in reading (Dis)ability

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1685-1695

  Gori, Simone ^a,b   Mascheretti, Sara ^b   Giora, Enrico ^c   Ronconi, Luca ^a,b   Ruffino, Milena ^b   Quadrelli, Ermanno ^d   Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b   Marino, Cecilia ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DCDC2; dorsal pathway; illusory motion perception; reading (dis)abilities

Indexed keywords

DCDC2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DCDC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRON; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; ILLUSION; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INTRONS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84930334532     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu234     Document Type: Article

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