White matter properties underlying reading abilities differ in 8-year-old children born full term and preterm: A multi-modal approach.

ABSTRACT: Many diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) studies document associations between reading skills and fractional anisotropy (FA) within brain white matter, suggesting that efficient transfer of information across the brain contributes to individual differences in reading. Use of complementary imaging methods can determine if these associations relate to myelin content of white matter tracts. Compared to children born at term (FT), children born preterm (PT) are at risk for reading deficits. We used two MRI methods to calculate associations of reading and white matter properties in FT and PT children. Participants (N=79: 36 FT and 43 PT) were administered the Gray's Oral Reading Test at age 8. We segmented three dorsal (left arcuate and bilateral superior longitudinal fasciculus) and fo

SUBMITTER: Brignoni-Perez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9213558 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature