Prenatal ethanol exposure is invariably detrimental to the developing central nervous
system and the hippocampus is particularly sensitive to the teratogenic effects of ethanol …

Exposure to ethanol during pregnancy can be devastating to the developing nervous
system, leading to significant central nervous system dysfunction. The hippocampus, one of …

Prenatal exposure to alcohol can result in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), characterized by
growth retardation, facial dysmorphologies, and a host of neurobehavioral impairments …

Rodent models of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) have revealed discrepant findings in
ethanol's (EtOH) ability to alter the survival of principal neurons within hippocampal areas …

Background: Prenatal alcohol exposure can cause damage to the developing fetus with
outcomes including growth deficiency, facial dysmorphology, brain damage, and cognitive …

Background: Prenatal ethanol exposure results in a spectrum of cognitive and behavioral
deficits and affects an estimated thirteen percent of children born in the United States. The …

Alcohol exposure during pregnancy may cause fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), characterized
by impaired cognitive functions. Neurogenesis occurs in the adult hippocampus and is …

The consumption of alcohol during gestation is detrimental to the developing central
nervous system (CNS). The severity of structural and functional brain alterations associated …

Prenatal ethanol exposure has been associated with long‐lasting intellectual impairments in
children. Previous studies using animal models of fetal ethanol exposure suggest that these …

Prenatal exposure to ethanol has been associated with birth defects ranging in severity from
physical dysmorphias and profound mental retardation to more subtle compromises of …