Frontostriatal connectivity in children during working memory and the effects of prenatal methamphetamine, alcohol, and polydrug exposure

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-57

  Roussotte, Florence F ^a,b   Rudie, Jeffrey D ^b   Smith, Lynne ^c   O'Connor, Mary J ^b   Bookheimer, Susan Y ^b   Narr, Katherine L ^b   Sowell, Elizabeth R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Developing brain; Drugs of abuse; Functional connectivity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Methamphetamine; Neurotoxicity; Polydrug exposure; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Prenatal methamphetamine exposure; Prenatal polydrug exposure; Teratogens

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CORPUS STRIATUM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; METHAMPHETAMINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUTAMEN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84864278277     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336242     Document Type: Article

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