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Neurobiology of developmental dyslexia Part 2: A review of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the corpus callosum

S. O. Wajuihian
African Vision and Eye Health | South African Optometrist: Vol 71, No 2 | a74 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/aveh.v71i2.74 | © 2012 S. O. Wajuihian | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 09 December 2012 | Published: 09 December 2012

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S. O. Wajuihian, Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Abstract

This paper forms part two of a review of the neurobiology of developmental dyslexia (DD) and here the focus is on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)of the corpus callosum (CC) of dyslexic and non-dyslexic subjects. The CC is a bundle of nerve fibres connecting the left and the right hemisphere of the brain. Due to the role of this structure in inter-hemispheric transfer and integration between the
hemispheres, the CC is significant in the search for the neurobiological basis of DD. (S Afr Optom 2012 71(1) 39-45)


Keywords

Developmental dyslexia; corpus callosum; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); optometrist and dyslexia.

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