Visual selective attention is impaired in children prenatally exposed to opioid agonist medication

European Addiction Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 63-70

  Konijnenberg, Carolien ^a,b   Melinder, Annika ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Child development; Children; Cognitive development; Methadone; Opioid maintenance therapy; Prenatal exposure; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABIS; METHADONE; OPIATE AGONIST; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RISK FACTOR; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SELF REPORT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SELECTIVE ATTENTION IMPAIRMENT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTENTION; BUPRENORPHINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SACCADES;

EID: 84922273614     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000366018     Document Type: Article

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