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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2024

Developmental dyslexia susceptibility genes DNAAF4, DCDC2, and NRSN1 are associated with brain function in fluently reading adolescents and young adults.

Nea Rinne, Patrik Wikman, Elisa Sahari, Juha Salmi, Elisabet Einarsdóttir, Juha Kere, Kimmo Alho

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nea RinneDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0009-0008-6000-8414
Patrik WikmanDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Elisa SahariDepartment of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of Turku, Assistentinkatu 7, 20500 Turku, Finland.
Juha SalmiDepartment of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Otakaari 3, Aalto University, (AALTO), P.O. BOX 00076, Espoo, Finland.
Elisabet EinarsdóttirScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Gene Technology, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, SE-171 21, Solna, Sweden.
Juha KereDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, H7 Medicin, Huddinge, Sweden.
Kimmo AlhoDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
University of Helsinki · FIAalto University · FIScience for Life Laboratory · SEUniversity of Turku · FI

Funding

Jane and Aatos Erkko FoundationJenny and Antti Wihuri FoundationResearch Council of Finland 325981Sigrid Jusélius FoundationSwedish Brain FoundationSwedish Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reading skills and developmental dyslexia, characterized by difficulties in developing reading skills, have been associated with brain anomalies within the language network. Genetic factors contribute to developmental dyslexia risk, but the mechanisms by which these genes influence reading skills remain unclear. In this preregistered study (https://osf.io/7sehx), we explored if developmental dyslexia susceptibility genes DNAAF4, DCDC2, NRSN1, and KIAA0319 are associated with brain function in fluently reading adolescents and young adults. Functional MRI and task performance data were collected during tasks involving written and spoken sentence processing, and DNA sequence variants of developmental dyslexia susceptibility genes previously associated with brain structure anomalies were genotyped. The results revealed that variation in DNAAF4, DCDC2, and NRSN1 is associated with brain activity in key language regions: the left inferior frontal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and intraparietal sulcus. Furthermore, NRSN1 was associated with task performance, but KIAA0319 did not yield any significant associations. Our findings suggest that individuals with a genetic predisposition to developmental dyslexia may partly employ compensatory neural and behavioral mechanisms to maintain typical task performance. Our study highlights the relevance of these developmental dyslexia susceptibility genes in language-related brain function, even in individuals without developmental dyslexia, providing valuable insights into the genetic factors influencing language processing.

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DyslexiaNervous System Physiological PhenomenaAdolescentBrainCytoskeletal ProteinsGenotypeHumansMembrane ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsReadingYoung AdultCytoskeletal ProteinsDCDC2 protein, humanDNAAF4 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNRSN1 protein, humandevelopmental dyslexiageneral populationimaging geneticsneuroimagingsingle nucleotide variation

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PMID38610086
PMCPMC11014888
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