Most persons with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) remain undiagnosed or are diagnosed in later life. To address the need for earlier diagnosis, we previously assessed miRNAs in the blood plasma of pregnant women who were classified as unexposed ...
Nihal A. Salem +9 more
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Prenatal alcohol exposure causes fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), primarily through alcohol-induced apoptosis. This study explores the link between ethanol-induced neuronal apoptosis and neural network electrical activity in developing rat ...
Han Junde +4 more
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Challenges in the Clinical Management of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): An Updated Review
Background: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) remains one of the leading preventable causes of developmental disabilities and intellectual impairment worldwide.
Julia Bajorek +4 more
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Parietal dysfunction during number processing in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Number processing deficits are frequently seen in children prenatally exposed to alcohol. Although the parietal lobe, which is known to mediate several key aspects of number processing, has been shown to be structurally impaired in fetal alcohol spectrum
K.J. Woods +4 more
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PLGF, a placental marker of fetal brain defects after in utero alcohol exposure
Most children with in utero alcohol exposure do not exhibit all features of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), and a challenge for clinicians is to make an early diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) to avoid lost opportunities for care.
Matthieu Lecuyer +9 more
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Advancing essential services and research on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders [PDF]
"In 2004, the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect, coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, established a working group committed ...
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Approaching the Prevalence of the Full Spectrum of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in a South African Population-Based Study [PDF]
The prevalence and characteristics of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) were determined in this fourth study of first grade children in a South African ...
Jason Blankenship +29 more
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DISRUPTION OF SYNAPTOGENESIS IN THE RATS BRAIN CORTEX AFTER ANTENATAL ALCOHOLISATION
Background. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy induces the development of a number of specific disorders in offspring that are combined under the term Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), which is a part of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
Bon L. I., Zimatkin S. M.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Fixing Our Aim to Aim for the Fix
We, as editors of this special issue on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), are proud to present eleven papers [...
Larry Burd, Svetlana Popova
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Alaska Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Data Systems Development: Gaps, Opportunities, & Recommendations [PDF]
The report, "Alaska Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Data Systems Development," was prepared for the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority by the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) College of Health.
Ward, Karen +12 more
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