Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the development of white matter volume and change in executive function

Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the development of white matter volume and change in executive function

Prenatal alcohol exposure can cause a wide range of deficits in executive function that persist throughout life, but little is known about how changes in brain structure relate to cognition in affected individuals. In the current study, we predicted that the rate of white matter volumetric developme...

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Main Authors: P. Gautam, S.C. Nuñez, K.L. Narr, E.C. Kan, E.R. Sowell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
Subjects:
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
MRI
Working memory
Children
Adolescent
Executive functions
Longitudinal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158214000667

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