The contribution of white and grey matter differences to developmental dyslexia – Insights from VBM and DTI at 3.0 Tesla

Developmental dyslexia or specific reading disability is a developmental disorder with a biological origin attributable to specific disorders in brain function. Over the last few years, important insights on the neuroanatomical basis of developmental dyslexia have been gained via new structural brain imaging techniques. In the current study, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) were used to investigate neuroanatomical correlates of dyslexia in German adults. Eight dyslexic adults and healthy controls participated in the study. DTI revealed decreased fractional anisotropy in bilateral…