Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

S Popova, ME Charness, L Burd, A Crawford… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Alcohol readily crosses the placenta and may disrupt fetal development. Harm from prenatal
alcohol exposure (PAE) is determined by the dose, pattern, timing and duration of exposure …

Alcohol and the slee** brain

IM Colrain, CL Nicholas, FC Baker - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Alcohol acts as a sedative that interacts with several neurotransmitter systems important in
the regulation of sleep. Acute administration of large amounts of alcohol prior to sleep leads …

Neuroimaging effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the develo** human brain: a magnetic resonance imaging review

KA Donald, E Eastman, FM Howells… - Acta …, 2015‏ - cambridge.org
Objective This paper reviews the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) literature on the effects
of prenatal alcohol exposure on the develo** human brain. Method A literature search …

A longitudinal study of the long-term consequences of drinking during pregnancy: heavy in utero alcohol exposure disrupts the normal processes of brain …

C Lebel, SN Mattson, EP Riley, KL Jones… - Journal of …, 2012‏ - jneurosci.org
Exposure to alcohol in utero can cause birth defects, including face and brain abnormalities,
and is the most common preventable cause of intellectual disabilities. Here we use structural …

Ethanol-induced face-brain dysmorphology patterns are correlative and exposure-stage dependent

RJ Lipinski, P Hammond, SK O'Leary-Moore, JJ Ament… - 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Prenatal ethanol exposure is the leading preventable cause of congenital mental disability.
Whereas a diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) requires identification of a specific …

Prenatal alcohol exposure and associations with physical size, dysmorphology and neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LK Akison, N Hayes, C Vanderpeet, J Logan, Z Munn… - BMC medicine, 2024‏ - Springer
Background Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a significant public health concern,
yet there is no internationally agreed set of diagnostic criteria or summary of underlying …

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: recent neuroimaging findings

EM Moore, R Migliorini, MA Infante, EP Riley - Current developmental …, 2014‏ - Springer
Since the identification of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome over 40 years ago, much has been
learned about the detrimental effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the develo** brain …

Human brain abnormalities associated with prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

JS Jarmasz, DA Basalah, AE Chudley… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a common neurodevelopmental problem, but
neuropathologic descriptions are rare and focused on the extreme abnormalities. We …

Global Functional Connectivity Abnormalities in Children with F etal A lcohol S pectrum D isorders

JR Wozniak, BA Mueller, CJ Bell… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Previous studies, including those employing diffusion tensor imaging (DTI),
have revealed significant disturbances in the white matter of individuals with fetal alcohol …

Late preterm birth: a review of medical and neuropsychological childhood outcomes

IS Baron, FR Litman, MD Ahronovich, R Baker - Neuropsychology review, 2012‏ - Springer
Abstract Late preterm (LP) birth (34 0/7-36 6/7 weeks' gestation) accounts for nearly three-
fourths of all preterm births, making this population a sizeable public health concern. The …