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SUBMITTER: Langer N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6074795 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Langer Nicolas N Peysakhovich Barbara B Zuk Jennifer J Drottar Marie M Sliva Danielle D DD Smith Sara S Becker Bryce L C BL Grant P Ellen PE Gaab Nadine N
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 20170201 2
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a heritable condition characterized by persistent difficulties in learning to read. White matter alterations in left-lateralized language areas, particularly in the arcuate fasciculus (AF), have been observed in DD, and diffusion properties within the AF correlate with (pre-)reading skills as early as kindergarten. However, it is unclear how early these alterations can be observed. We investigated white matter structure in 14 infants with (FHD+; ages 6.6-17.6 month ...[more]