Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 739-749 , June 2010

White matter microstructural differences linked to left perisylvian language network in children with dyslexia

  • Sheryl L. Rimrodt

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Daniel J. Peterson

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Martha B. Denckla

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Walter E. Kaufmann

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Laurie E. Cutting

      Affiliations

    • Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Education, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Department of Developmental Cognitive Neurology, 707N Broadway, Suite 232, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

Received 16 October 2008 ,Revised 5 June 2009 ,Accepted 16 July 2009.

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