Brain imaging and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-52

  McGee, Christie L ^a   Riley, Edward P ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Behavioral Teratology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Imaging; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM AGENESIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33746830405     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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