Prenatal ethanol exposure (PNEE) has been linked to widespread impairments in brain
structure and function. There are a number of animal models that are used to study the …

The incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome has not been declining even though alcohol has
been established as a teratogen and significant efforts have been made to educate women …

BACKGROUND microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in development and are
associated with birth defects. Data are scant on the role of miRNAs in birth defects arising …

Prenatal alcohol exposure can disrupt brain development and lead to a myriad of behavioral
alterations, including motor coordination deficits, hyperactivity, and learning deficits. There …

Compulsion and impulsivity are both primary features of drug addiction. Based on decades
of animal research, we have a detailed understanding of the factors (both environmental and …

Prenatal stress is associated with altered behavior and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
(HPA) axis function postnatally. Recent studies suggest that these outcomes are dependent …

In the hippocampus, the CA1 region is selectively vulnerable to the effects of chronic
prenatal ethanol exposure. In the guinea‐pig, the number of CA1 pyramidal cells is …

Prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse is the single largest preventable cause of
developmental compromise of American children today. In the clinical population, it is …

Ethanol-based topical antiseptic hand rubs, commonly referred to as alcohol-based hand
sanitizers (ABHS), are routinely used as the standard of care to reduce the presence of …

It has been widely accepted that deficits in neuronal plasticity underlie the cognitive
abnormalities observed in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Exposure of rodents to …