Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Brain Imaging Behav. 2020 Dec;14(6):2569-2586. doi: 10.1007/s11682-019-00209-1.
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulty learning and using language, and this difficulty cannot be attributed to other developmental conditions. The aim of the current study was to examine structural differences in dorsal and ventral language pathways between adolescents and young adults with and without DLD (age range: 14-27 years) using anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Results showed age-related structural brain differences in both dorsal and ventral pathways in individuals with DLD. These findings provide evidence for neuroanatomical correlates of persistent language deficits in adolescents/young adults with DLD, and further suggest that this brain-language relationship in DLD is better characterized by taking account the dynamic course of the disorder along development.
发展性语言障碍(DLD)是一种神经发育障碍,其特征是学习和使用语言有困难,且这种困难不能归因于其他发育状况。本研究的目的是使用解剖磁共振成像(MRI)和扩散张量成像(DTI)来检查有和没有 DLD 的青少年和年轻成人(年龄范围:14-27 岁)之间的背侧和腹侧语言通路的结构差异。结果表明,DLD 个体的背侧和腹侧通路均存在与年龄相关的结构脑差异。这些发现为青少年/年轻成人 DLD 持续语言缺陷的神经解剖学相关性提供了证据,并进一步表明,考虑到该疾病在发育过程中的动态病程,DLD 中的这种大脑-语言关系能够得到更好的描述。