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SUBMITTER: Lu C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4776338 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Chunming C Qi Zhenghan Z Harris Adrianne A Weil Lisa Wisman LW Han Michelle M Halverson Kelly K Perrachione Tyler K TK Kjelgaard Margaret M Wexler Kenneth K Tager-Flusberg Helen H Gabrieli John D E JD
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging 20160301 2
<h4>Background</h4>Individuals with reading disability or individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized, respectively, by their difficulties in reading or social communication, but both groups often have impaired phonological working memory (PWM). It is not known whether the impaired PWM reflects distinct or shared neuroanatomical abnormalities in these two diagnostic groups.<h4>Methods</h4>White-matter structural connectivity via diffusion weighted imaging was examined in si ...[more]