Executive function and cortical thickness in youths prenatally exposed to cocaine, alcohol and tobacco

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-165

  Gautam, Prapti ^a   Warner, Tamara D ^b   Kan, Eric C ^a   Sowell, Elizabeth R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent brain development; Brain behaviour relationships; Cortical thickness; Executive functions; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Socio economic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; JUVENILE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL COCAINE EXPOSURE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL TOBACCO EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TERATOGENICITY; TOBACCO; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN CORTEX; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84923862747     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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