Open AccessNeurobiology of developmental dyslexia Part 2: A review of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the corpus callosum
Author(s) -
S. O. Wajuihian
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
african vision and eye health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2413-3183
pISSN - 2410-1516
DOI - 10.4102/aveh.v71i2.74
Subject(s) - corpus callosum , dyslexia , magnetic resonance imaging , developmental dyslexia , psychology , neuroscience , functional magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , reading (process) , radiology , philosophy , linguistics
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)