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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders"”.
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Aggressive behavior in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Behavioral studies of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have indicated that aggression is common amongst alcohol-exposed adolescents, and that it appears to become more prevalent with age in that population. Such studies have documented the presence of aggression as a behavioral outcome, but …
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Event-based prospective memory in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
… vulnerable to the effects of heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. Previous research has, however, been limited to the study of retrospective memory (i.e., episodic or declarative memory) in children with a history of prenatal alcohol exposure. Recently, memory researchers have turned their …
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Tissue Parameter Mapping in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Background: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), which are caused by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), affects people around the world. Certain communities in South Africa have among the highest reported incidences of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in the world. Although PAE-related brain …
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Social cognition in South African children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
… profile of individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has confirmed poorer social skills in these children compared to healthy controls, independent of overall cognitive functioning. However, although children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are known to have …
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Executive function in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a developmental perspective
Objective: Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have well-documented deficits in executive function. However, few previous studies have examined executive deficits displayed by children with FASD within a developmental framework. This longitudinal study explored the manifestation …
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Executive Function in Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Developmental Perspective
Objective: Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have well-documented deficits in executive function. However, few previous studies have examined executive deficits displayed by children with FASD within a developmental framework. This longitudinal study explored the manifestation …
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Exploring language production, comprehension and naming in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
… with moderate or heavy prenatal exposure to alcohol, and ii) to determine if these domains are a specific weakness in these children. The study compared 25 children with FASD to 25 typically developing non-alcohol exposed controls on four language measures; (1) the Clinical Evaluation of …
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Exploring the prevalence of developmental reading difficulties in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
… concerned with the teratogenic effects prenatal alcohol exposure has on the developing brain, this study investigated whether developmental reading difficulties are present in school-going children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Whereas the diagnostic facial anomalies associated …
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Improving Executive Functioning in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders using the Alert Program for Self Regulation®
… regulation deficits experienced by children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are well documented and EF and self regulation have been identified as core targets for intervention. The goals of this dissertation were to: (i) examine the effects of a self regulation treatment for children …
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Overexpression of Serum Response Factor in Astrocytes Improves Neuronal Plasticity in a Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
… many of the neurobehavioral problems seen in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Recently, we showed that third trimester alcohol exposure lead to a persistent disruption in ocular dominance (OD) plasticity. For instance, few days of monocular deprivation results in a robust reduction of …
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Ethanol exposure during synaptogenesis in a mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: acute and long-term effects on gene expression and behaviour
Alcohol is a neuroactive molecule that is able to exert variable and often detrimental effects on the developing brain, resulting in a broad range of physiological, behavioural, and cognitive phenotypes that characterize ‘fetal alcohol spectrum disorders’ (FASD). Factors affecting the manifestation …
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Multimodal neuroimaging and early neurobehavioural and developmental correlates of alcohol and methamphetamine exposed infants in Cape Town
Alcohol use and alcohol use disorders contribute a significant proportion of the burden of disease in low, middle, and high-income countries. As a result, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) represent one of the most common preventable causes of intellectual disability globally. Understanding …
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Áfengisdrykkja á meðgöngu. Langtímaáhrif á börn
… og komið fram í einkennum sem kallast FASD (e. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders). Andlitsvansköpun og vaxtarskerðing geta komið fram hjá barni stuttu eftir að það fæðist. Sá skaði sem ekki sést með berum augum er þó alvarlegri og getur valdið varanlegri fötlun sem kemur fram í áfengistengdri …
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APPLICATIONS OF MICROARRAYS AND STEM CELLS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
… of this method to study stem cells in a model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. In conclusion, we propose that stem cell differentiation requires both up-regulation of a lineage-specific program and the elimination of other lineages.
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Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on cerebellar volume in children an MRI study
… have demonstrated that prenatal exposure to alcohol contributes to a range of effects in exposed children. These include problems in attention and hyperactivity, deficits in memory and learning, and problems with social, as well as emotional development. Past research has demonstrated that …
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Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Cognition and Inflammation in Aging Male and Female Rats: A Longitudinal Approach
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is a serious global health concern that can have long-lasting detrimental effects on the developing brain and behaviour. However, less is known about the effects of PAE as an individual ages into middle and old age. Here, we investigate the long-term effects of PAE …
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Investigating relationships between maternal micronitrient intakes, dietary patterns and alcohol consumption during pregnancy
Background: Evidence from animal models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) suggests that the risk of ethanol-induced harm to the developing fetus is greater in the presence of inadequate maternal nutrition. Findings from observational studies in the general population have also indicated …
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Neuroimaging study of prenatal alcohol exposure effects on structural and functional connectivity in children
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) describe the spectrum of cognitive, behavioural and neurological impairments associated with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) were used to assess effects of PAE on microstructural …
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Additional costs of FAS and PFAS learners in the classroom: An estimate for public primary schools in the Western Cape
… has the highest recorded prevalence rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the world. In the last decade rates of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and partial fetal alcohol syndrome (PFAS) prevalence of 68.0 - 89.2 per 1000 (May et al., 2007), 67.2 per 1000 (Urban et al., 2008), and …
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Neuroimaging and behavioral investigation of declarative memory in South African children prenatally exposed to alcohol
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is associated with a range of physical, growth, and neurobehavioral deficits characteristic of individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Although declarative memory impairment is a key feature of the neurocognitive profile of FASD, the mechanisms …
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