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Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Quantification of Social Behavior in Adult Rats
Published on: December 14, 2014
[Fetal alcohol syndrome is not the only consequence of prenatal alcohol exposure]
1Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Science and Education Sodersjukhuset - Sachsska barn- och ungdomssjukhus Stockholm, Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Science and Education Sodersjukhuset - Sachsska barn- och ungdomssjukhus Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
Fetal alcohol syndrome is not the only consequence of prenatal alcohol exposure The prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in larger communities in USA is now updated to 0.4 % and 4.8 % respectively. Affected individuals bear witness to disease symptoms from many organ systems in addition to the brain and behavioural dysfunctions. In the light of modern epigenetic research, early alcohol exposure appears to play a hidden role in fetal reprogramming. The underlying mechanisms explain the »developmental origin of health and disease«, which has an impact on complex interactions between genome, environment and epigenetics.
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