White Matter Alterations in Infants at Risk for Developmental Dyslexia

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1027-1036

  Langer, Nicolas ^a,b   Peysakhovich, Barbara ^a   Zuk, Jennifer ^a,b   Drottar, Marie ^a   Sliva, Danielle D ^a   Smith, Sara ^a   Becker, Bryce L C ^a   Grant, P Ellen ^a,b   Gaab, Nadine ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

arcuate fasciculus; developmental dyslexia; diffusion tensor imaging; infants; reading disabilities

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; READING; RISK; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; RISK; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 85031124243     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv281     Document Type: Article

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