Aim: We sought to determine the association between prenatal smoking status and
expression of fetal brain regulatory genes. Methods: At delivery, we collected information …

Environmental factors such as maternal smoking can significantly modulate genetically
programmed brain development during foetal life. This review looks at how prenatal …

Smoking during pregnancy is a persistent public health problem that has been linked to later
adverse outcomes. The neonatal period—the first month of life—carries substantial …

Importance Maternal tobacco use during pregnancy has been associated with various
health consequences, including suboptimal neurodevelopment in offspring. However, the …

Between 400,000 and 800,000 infants are born in the United States each year to women
who smoked cigarettes during their pregnancy. Whereas the physical health consequences …

A body of empirical research has revealed that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke is
related to a host of negative outcomes, including reduced cognitive abilities, later-life health …

The primary purpose of this study was to examine pathways from prenatal cigarette
exposure to physiological regulation at 2months of age. Specifically, we explored the …

Parental smoking is known to have prenatal health effects on developing fetuses, and
postnatal exposure to secondhand smoke causes adverse health effects during childhood …

Smoking during pregnancy is associated with a variety of untoward effects on the offspring.
However, recent epidemiological studies have brought into question whether the …

INTRODUCTION: Prenatal tobacco exposure interferes with neonatal outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the neonatal neurobehavioral effects of in utero tobacco …