A study of the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on white matter microstructural integrity at birth

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 197-205

  Donald, Kirsten Ann ^a   Roos, Annerine ^b   Fouche, Jean Paul ^a,b   Koen, Nastassja ^a   Howells, Fleur M ^a   Woods, Roger P ^c   Zar, Heather J ^a   Narr, Katherine L ^c   Stein, Dan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DTI; dubowitz; foetal alcohol spectrum disorders; infant; MRI

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; BRAIN REGION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DUBOWITZ NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER MICROSTRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CEREBELLUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; WHITE MATTER;

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84936891303     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/neu.2015.35     Document Type: Article

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