Developmental consequences of fetal exposure to drugs: what we know and what we still must learn

EJ Ross, DL Graham, KM Money… - …, 2015 - nature.com
Most drugs of abuse easily cross the placenta and can affect fetal brain development. In
utero exposures to drugs thus can have long-lasting implications for brain structure and …

Prenatal opioid exposure: neurodevelopmental consequences and future research priorities

E Conradt, T Flannery, JL Aschner, RD Annett… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) has risen in prevalence from 1.2 per 1000
births in 2000 to 5.8 per 1000 births in 2012. Symptoms in neonates may include high …

Recent developments in low-level lead exposure and intellectual impairment in children

K Koller, T Brown, A Spurgeon… - Environmental health …, 2004 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
In the last decade children's blood lead levels have fallen significantly in a number of
countries, and current mean levels in developed countries are in the region of 3 μg/dL …

Neonatal abstinence syndrome and high school performance

JL Oei, E Melhuish, H Uebel, N Azzam, C Breen… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: Linked analysis of health and curriculum-based test data for all children born in
the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, between 2000 and 2006. Children with NAS …

Exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus and low socioeconomic status: effects on neurocognitive development and risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in …

Y Nomura, DJ Marks, B Grossman… - … of pediatrics & …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To examine the independent and synergistic effects of gestational diabetes
mellitus (GDM) and low socioeconomic status (SES) on neurodevelopment and attention …

Adverse neurodevelopmental outcome of infants exposed to opiate in-utero

RW Hunt, D Tzioumi, E Collins, HE Jeffery - Early human development, 2008 - Elsevier
In-utero drug exposure is associated with increased risks of perinatal morbidity and
mortality, however longer term neurodevelopmental outcome of survivors is poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal tobacco, marijuana, stimulant, and opiate exposure: outcomes and practice implications

S Minnes, A Lang, L Singer - Addiction science & clinical practice, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abuse of drugs by pregnant women both in the United States and worldwide has raised
many questions regarding the effects of prenatal drug exposure on the develo** fetus and …

Prenatal drug exposure: infant and toddler outcomes

ES Bandstra, CE Morrow, E Mansoor… - Journal of addictive …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This manuscript provides an overview of the current scientific literature on the impact of
maternal drug use, specifically opioids and cocaine, during pregnancy on the acute and …

[PDF][PDF] Long-term outcomes of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome

DJ Maguire, S Taylor, K Armstrong… - Neonatal …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Parents of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in the NICU may have
questions about the long-term consequences of prenatal exposure to methadone, both …

Behavior and attention problems in eight-year-old children with prenatal opiate and poly-substance exposure: a longitudinal study

E Nygaard, K Slinning, V Moe, KB Walhovd - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Multiple studies have found that children born to mothers with opioid or poly-substance use
during pregnancy have more behavior and attention problems and lower cognitive …