Neurogenetics of developmental dyslexia: from genes to behavior through brain neuroimaging and cognitive and sensorial mechanisms

S Mascheretti, A De Luca, V Trezzi, D Peruzzo… - Translational …, 2017 - nature.com
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a complex neurodevelopmental deficit characterized by
impaired reading acquisition, in spite of adequate neurological and sensorial conditions …

Molecular genetics of dyslexia: an overview

A Carrion‐Castillo, B Franke, SE Fisher - Dyslexia, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dyslexia is a highly heritable learning disorder with a complex underlying genetic
architecture. Over the past decade, researchers have pinpointed a number of candidate …

Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

D Demontis, RK Walters, J Martin, M Mattheisen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable childhood behavioral
disorder affecting 5% of children and 2.5% of adults. Common genetic variants contribute …

Genome-wide association scan identifies new variants associated with a cognitive predictor of dyslexia

A Gialluisi, TFM Andlauer, N Mirza-Schreiber… - Translational …, 2019 - nature.com
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is one of the most prevalent learning disorders, with high
impact on school and psychosocial development and high comorbidity with conditions like …

FOXP transcription factors in vertebrate brain development, function, and disorders

M Co, AG Anderson, G Konopka - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
FOXP transcription factors are an evolutionarily ancient protein subfamily coordinating the
development of several organ systems in the vertebrate body. Association of their genes …

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 …

Genome‐wide association study of shared components of reading disability and language impairment

JD Eicher, NR Powers, LL Miller… - Genes, Brain and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Written and verbal languages are neurobehavioral traits vital to the development of
communication skills. Unfortunately, disorders involving these traits—specifically reading …

Therapeutic modulation of JAK-STAT, mTOR, and PPAR-γ signaling in neurological dysfunctions

S Kumar, S Mehan, AS Narula - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2023 - Springer
The cytokine-activated Janus kinase (JAK)–signal transducer and activator of transcription
(STAT) cascade is a pleiotropic pathway that involves receptor subunit multimerization. The …

The genetics of reading disabilities: from phenotypes to candidate genes

WH Raskind, B Peter, T Richards, MM Eckert… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
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 …

NRSN1 associated grey matter volume of the visual word form area reveals dyslexia before school

MA Skeide, I Kraft, B Müller, G Schaadt, NE Neef… - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Literacy learning depends on the flexibility of the human brain to reconfigure itself in
response to environmental influences. At the same time, literacy and disorders of literacy …