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Microgyrus
A microgyrus is an area of the cerebral cortex that includes only four cortical layers[?] instead of six.
Microgyria are believed by some to be the cause of, or one of the causes of, dyslexia.
Albert Galaburda[?] of Harvard Medical School[?] noticed that language centers in dyslexic brains showed microscopic flaws known as ectopias and microgyria. Both affect the normal six-layer structure of the cortex. These flaws affect connectivity and functionality of the cortex in critical areas related to sound and visual processing[?]. These and similar structural abnormalities may be the basis of the inevitable and hard to overcome difficulty in reading.
- The neurological basis of developmental dyslexia (http://www-toulouse.inserm.fr/srv/bmip/fdrech/unites/U455/habibbrain.pdf)
- Another article on the subject (http://college.hmco.com/psychology/resources/instructors/news/news_20010406)
- BIRTHDATES OF NEURONS IN INDUCED MICROGYRIA (http://www.nervenet.org/netpapers/Rosen/MGBirth96/MGBirthMain)
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