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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: Cortex. 2014 May 9;57:227–243. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.04.016

Table 1.

Summary of the findings from DTI studies that were published on dyslexia and that were included in Fig. 1.

Study Method Sample
Mean age
Coordinates of white matter FA reductions poor readers versus normal readers
Colour in Fig. 1
Poor readers Normal readers Poor readers Normal readers x y z
Klingberg et al., 2000 a VB analysis 6 11 31.5 ± 5.3 23.1 ± 1.4 −26 −22 29 RED
Niogi & McCandliss, 2006 Region of interest 8 7 8.31 ± 1.19 7.75 ± .66 −28 −11 26 CYAN
−24 −12 36
Steinbrink et al., 2008 b VB analysis 8 8 20.1 ± 3.9 23.7 ± 4.3 −21 27 6 GREEN
−30 0 9
−33 −7 6
−24 −87 15
30 0 15
Rimrodt, Peterson, Denckla, Kaufmann, & Cutting, 2010 b VB analysis 7 9 11 ± 3 11 ± 2 −54 4 30 VIOLET
−46 −32 18
58 6 34
−44 0 −10
−50 −16 −28
34 −32 52
46 −70 −16
18 20 −8
2 −4 −22
58 −48 10
Richards et al., 2008 b Tract-Based 14 7 30–45 (age range) −14 −1 36 PINK
Spatial Statistics −17 11 2
−16 −4 40
−18 −47 33
−46 −28 −12
−37 −23 32
−21 9 20
Keller & Just, 2009 b VB analysis 33 17 10 ± 1.1 9.8 ± 1 −10 20 38 BLUE
a

Talairach coordinates.

b

Montreal Neurological Institute coordinates.