Jiawu Yan, Zhongyuan Wang, Guojian Bao, Cailin Xue, Wenxuan Zheng, Rao Fu, Minglu Zhang, Jialu Ding, Fei Yang, Beicheng Sun
Causal effect between gut microbiota and metabolic syndrome in European population: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study
Cell & bioscience
crosssectional studies linked differences white matter tissue properties reading skills however past studies reported range sometimes conflicting results studies suggest white matter properties act individuallevel traits predictive reading skill whereas others suggest reading skill white matter develop function individuals educational experience present study tested two hypotheses diffusion properties white matter reflect stable brain characteristics relate stable individual differences reading ability b white matter dynamic system linked learning time answer questions examined relationship white matter reading fiveyear longitudinal dataset series largescale singleobservation crosssectional datasets n 14249 total participants find gains reading skill correspond longitudinal changes white matter however crosssectional datasets find evidence hypothesis individual differences white matter predict reading skill findings highlight link dynamic processes white matter learning