EVERAL references in the older literature S suggest that heavy ethanol consumption during
pregnancy may be etiologically associated with retarded fetal development and offspring …

Ethanol was orally administered once per week to 54 gravid pigtailed macaques (Macaca
nemestrina) in doses of 0.0, 0.3, 0.6, 1.2, 1.8, 2.5 or 4.1 gm/kg from the 1st week in gestation …

Exposure to alcohol during gestation can cause persistent abnormalities in physical and
cognitive development. Children who meet the clinical definition of fetal alcohol syndrome …

We critique published incidences for fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and present new
estimates of the incidence of FAS and the prevalence of alcohol‐related …

Ethanol is constantly formed endogenously from acetaldehyde, and level of the former can
be measured in both human beings and animals. Acetaldehyde can be generated in situ …

A rat model of third trimester fetal alcohol exposure was used to determine whether a
smaller daily dose of alcohol can induce more severe microencephaly and neuronal loss …

ALCOHOLISM is a major social, economic, and public health problem throughout much of
the world. In the United States alone, the annual cost of lost productivity and health …

Recent research on the effects of alcohol use during pregnancy indicate that discontinuing
alcohol use mid-pregnancy can prevent or minimize many of the adverse consequences …

NDERSTANDING THE SITES of ethanol action that U mediate its acute and chronic neural
and behavioral effects is critical to finding a treatment for alcoholism. Years of debate …

Publisher Summary The locomotor stimulant effect produced by alcohol (ethanol) is one of
the measurable ethanol effects. Ethanol-induced euphoria in humans and locomotor …