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SUBMITTER: Raskind WH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3538356 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raskind Wendy H WH Peter Beate B Richards Todd T Eckert Mark M MM Berninger Virginia W VW
Frontiers in psychology 20130107
This article provides an overview of (a) issues in definition and diagnosis of specific reading disabilities at the behavioral level that may occur in different constellations of developmental and phenotypic profiles (patterns); (b) rapidly expanding research on genetic heterogeneity and gene candidates for dyslexia and other reading disabilities; (c) emerging research on gene-brain relationships; and (d) current understanding of epigenetic mechanisms whereby environmental events may alter behav ...[more]