During evolution, the cerebral cortex advances by increasing in surface and the introduction
of new cytoarchitectonic areas among which the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is considered to be …

Modifiable risk and protective factors for boosting brain and cognitive development and
preventing neurodegeneration and cognitive decline are embraced in neuroimaging …

Importance Prenatal opioid exposure (POE) is one of the fastest-growing global health
problems, but its association with long-term neurologic and physical development remains …

The rates of opioid use disorder during pregnancy have more than quadrupled in the last
decade, resulting in numerous infants suffering exposure to opioids during the perinatal …

Aim To combine meta-analyses of multiple long-term outcomes in children prenatally
exposed to methadone or buprenorphine through their mothers' Opioid maintenance …

Environmental exposures including toxins and nutrition may hamper the developing brain in
utero, limiting the brain's reserve capacity and increasing the risk for Alzheimer's disease …

Background While the health, social, and economic impacts of opioid addiction on adults
and their communities are well known, the impact of maternal opioid use on the fetus …

Abstract Purpose of Review Perinatal opioid use is a major public health problem and is
associated with a number of deleterious maternal and fetal effects. We review recent …

Coincident with the opioid epidemic in the United States has been a dramatic increase in the
number of children born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a form of withdrawal …

Purpose Exposure to prenatal opioids may adversely impact the developing brain networks.
The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate alterations in amygdalar functional connectivity in …