Focus on: Structural and functional brain abnormalities in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-132

  Nuñez, S Christopher ^a   Roussotte, Florence ^a   Sowell, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Brain abnormalities; Brain function; Brain imaging studies; Brain structure; Cognitive functioning; Cognitive impairment; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Psychosocial functioning

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79960976800     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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