The placenta is the gatekeeper between the mother and the fetus. Over the first trimester of
pregnancy, the fetus is nourished by uterine gland secretions in a process known as …

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is common and represents a significant public
health burden, yet very few interventions have been tested in FASD. Cognitive deficits are …

Background This study is the ninth cross‐sectional community study of fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASD) conducted by the multidisciplinary Fetal Alcohol Syndrome …

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can result in a range of adverse postnatal outcomes
among exposed children. However, identifying at-risk children is challenging given the …

Prenatal alcohol exposure results in a spectrum of behavioral, cognitive, and morphological
abnormalities collectively referred to as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). FASD …

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is associated with alterations in maternal and infant iron
homeostasis that are consistent with changes seen in the setting of inflammation. We …

Introduction Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) impairs offspring growth and cognition, and
this is worsened by concurrent iron deficiency. Alcohol disrupts fetal iron metabolism and …

Background Animal models have demonstrated that maternal nutrition can alter fetal
vulnerability to prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Few human studies have examined the …

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) causes cognitive impairment and a distinctive craniofacial
dysmorphology, due in part to apoptotic losses of the pluripotent cranial neural crest cells …

Despite several decades of research and prevention efforts, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
(FASD) remain the most common preventable cause of neurodevelopmental disabilities …