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ArticleJournal of neuroscience research2022

Increased structural covariance in brain regions for number processing and memory in children with developmental dyscalculia.

Lars Michels, Roman Buechler, Karin Kucian

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Article in Journal of neuroscience research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  1. [Recent research on the long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of very preterm infants].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2023
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Lars MichelsDepartment of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Roman BuechlerDepartment of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Karin KucianNeuroscience Centre Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
University of Zurich · CHUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developmental dyscalculia (DD) is a developmental learning disability associated with deficits in processing numerical and mathematical information. Several studies demonstrated functional network alterations in DD. Yet, there are no studies, which examined the structural network integrity in DD. We compared whole-brain maps of volume based structural covariance between 19 (4 males) children with DD and 18 (4 males) typically developing children. We found elevated structural covariance in the DD group between the anterior intraparietal sulcus to the middle temporal and frontal gyrus (p < 0.05, corrected). A hippocampus subfield analysis showed higher structural covariance in the DD group for area CA3 to the parahippocampal and calcarine sulcus, angular gyrus and anterior part of the intraparietal sulcus as well as to the lingual gyrus. Lower structural covariance in this group was seen for the subiculum to orbitofrontal gyrus, anterior insula and middle frontal gyrus. In contrast, the primary motor cortex (control region) revealed no difference in structural covariance between groups. Our results extend functional magnetic resonance studies by revealing abnormal gray matter integrity in children with DD. These findings thus indicate that the pathophysiology of DD is mediated by both structural and functional abnormalities in a network involved in number processing and memory function.

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DyscalculiaLearning DisabilitiesBrainChildHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMathematicsbrain volumechildrendevelopmental dyscalculiamagnetic resonance imagingmaturationnumber processingstructural covariance

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PMID34933406
PMCPMC9306474
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