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MRI and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Images Provide Insight Into FAS
Sarah N Mattson1, Terry L Jernigan1, Edward P Riley1
1Sarah N. Mattson, M.A., is a graduate student, and Edward P. Riley, Ph.D., is a professor in the San Diego State University/ University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California. Terry L. Jernigan, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist in the Psychology Service, VA Medical Center, San Diego, and associate professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California.
Abstract:
Magnetic resonance imaging reveals brain abnormalities in some children exposed prenatally to alcohol. Researchers have begun to associate specific abnormalities with features such as memory deficits that are exhibited by these children.

