Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: An Overview from the Glia Perspective
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: An Overview from the Glia Perspective
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can produce a variety of central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities in the offspring resulting in a broad spectrum of cognitive and behavioral impairments that constitute the most severe and long-lasting effects observed in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Alcohol-induced abnormalities in glial cells have been suspected of contributing to the adverse...
متن کاملCorrigendum: “Glia and Neurodevelopment: Focus on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders”
[This corrects the article on p. 123 in vol. 2, PMID: 25426477.].
متن کاملGlia and Neurodevelopment: Focus on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
During the last 20 years, new and exciting roles for glial cells in brain development have been described. Moreover, several recent studies implicated glial cells in the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders including Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Abnormalities in glial cell development and prolif...
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Prenatal exposure to alcohol can damage the developing fetus and is the leading preventable cause of birth defects and intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities. In 1973, fetal alcohol syndrome was first described as a specific cluster of birth defects resulting from alcohol exposure in utero. Subsequently, research unequivocally revealed that prenatal alcohol exposure causes a broad ran...
متن کاملFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Forty years ago, alcohol was not commonly recognized as a teratogen, an agent that can disrupt the development of a fetus. Today, we understand that prenatal alcohol exposure induces a variety of adverse effects on physical, neurological, and behavioral development. Research supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has contributed to the identification of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1662-5145
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2015.00065