Neural and genetic mechanisms of dyslexia

TM Centanni - Translational neuroscience of speech and language …, 2020 - Springer
Dyslexia is a common neurodevelopmental disorder and is marked by the failure to acquire
reading in spite of normal nonverbal intelligence and adequate schooling. In spite of the …

Developmental dyslexia: genetic dissection of a complex cognitive trait

SE Fisher, JC DeFries - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2002 - nature.com
Developmental dyslexia, a specific impairment of reading ability despite adequate
intelligence and educational opportunity, is one of the most frequent childhood disorders …

Longitudinal interactions between brain and cognitive measures on reading development from 6 months to 14 years

K Lohvansuu, JA Hämäläinen, L Ervast, H Lyytinen… - Neuropsychologia, 2018 - Elsevier
Dyslexia is a neurobiological disorder impairing learning to read. Brain responses of infants
at genetic risk for dyslexia are abnormal already at birth, and associations from infant …

Atypical cortical entrainment to speech in the right hemisphere underpins phonemic deficits in dyslexia

GM Di Liberto, V Peter, M Kalashnikova, U Goswami… - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
Developmental dyslexia is a multifaceted disorder of learning primarily manifested by
difficulties in reading, spelling, and phonological processing. Neural studies suggest that …

Neurogenetics and auditory processing in developmental dyslexia

AL Giraud, F Ramus - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Dyslexia is a polygenic developmental reading disorder characterized by an
auditory/phonological deficit. Based on the latest genetic and neurophysiological studies …

Enhancement of brain event-related potentials to speech sounds is associated with compensated reading skills in dyslexic children with familial risk for dyslexia

K Lohvansuu, JA Hämäläinen, A Tanskanen… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Specific reading disability, dyslexia, is a prevalent and heritable disorder impairing reading
acquisition characterized by a phonological deficit. However, the underlying mechanism of …

Developmental dyslexia

GF Eden, OA Olulade, TM Evans, AJ Krafnick… - Neurobiology of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dyslexia is associated with less gray and white matter volume and altered white matter
integrity in left temporoparietal areas. Functional neuroimaging studies have revealed …

From genes to behavior in developmental dyslexia

AM Galaburda, J LoTurco, F Ramus, RH Fitch… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
All four genes thus far linked to developmental dyslexia participate in brain development,
and abnormalities in brain development are increasingly reported in dyslexia. Comparable …

Basic auditory processing is related to familial risk, not to reading fluency: An ERP study

B Hakvoort, A van Der Leij, N Maurits, B Maassen… - Cortex, 2015 - Elsevier
Less proficient basic auditory processing has been previously connected to dyslexia.
However, it is unclear whether a low proficiency level is a correlate of having a familial risk …

Identification of NCAN as a candidate gene for developmental dyslexia

E Einarsdottir, M Peyrard-Janvid, F Darki, JJ Tuulari… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
A whole-genome linkage analysis in a Finnish pedigree of eight cases with developmental
dyslexia (DD) revealed several regions shared by the affected individuals. Analysis of …