ReviewTrends in neurosciences2012
Does moderate drinking harm the fetal brain? Insights from animal models.
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- Transcriptional profiling of the anterior cingulate cortex and nucleus accumbens using a double-hit model of prenatal and adolescent alcohol exposure.Physiology & behavior · 2026Article
- Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure differentially alters acute ethanol sensitivity of GABAergic transmission in CRFR1- and CRFR1+ CeM Neurons.Addiction neuroscience · 2026Article
- From teratogens to trajectories: Integrating teratology and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) frameworks for a new take on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).Neurobiology of stress · 2026Article
- Comparative analysis of test tube and volumetric drinking monitor methods in voluntary ethanol consumption in female mice for prenatal alcohol exposure.Toxicology reports · 2026Article
- Age- and sex- dependent effects of moderate gestational day 12 prenatal alcohol exposure on anxiety-like behaviors, ethanol intake, and mechanical sensitivity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Fluoxetine for Prenatal Alcohol-Exposed Mice: Addressing Impaired Enrichment-Mediated Neurogenesis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The effects of moderate prenatal alcohol exposure on performance in object and spatial discrimination tasks by adult male rats.Behavioural brain research · 2025Article
- Organization of spontaneous spatial behaviors under dark conditions is unaffected in adult male and female long-Evans rats after moderate prenatal alcohol exposure.Behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Prenatal alcohol exposure before pregnancy awareness: a thematic analysis of online forum comments and misinformation.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Ontogenetic Neuroimmune Changes Following Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Implications for Neurobehavioral Function.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Defects of Cortical Microcircuits Following Early Exposure to Alcohol.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- The effects of moderate prenatal alcohol exposure on performance in hippocampal-sensitive spatial memory and anxiety tasks by adult male and female rat offspring.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- The histamine HAlcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2024Article
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- Prenatal alcohol exposure results in brain region- and sex-specific changes inFrontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- The maternal-placental-fetal interface: Adaptations of the HPA axis and immune mediators following maternal stress and prenatal alcohol exposure.Experimental neurology · 2022Review
- Binge-like Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Causes Impaired Cellular Differentiation in the Embryonic Forebrain and Synaptic and Behavioral Defects in Adult Mice.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Dendrites of Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons: The Key to Understand Intellectual Disability.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2022Article
- Midline Thalamic Damage Associated with Alcohol-Use Disorders: Disruption of Distinct Thalamocortical Pathways and Function.Neuropsychology review · 2021Review
- Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure impairs cognitive control, but not attention, on a rodent touchscreen continuous performance task.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2021Article
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Abstract
Although public health campaigns advise pregnant women to abstain from ethanol, drinking during pregnancy is pervasive. Here, we highlight recent studies that have clearly demonstrated long-lasting neurobehavioral deficits in the offspring of laboratory animals exposed to moderate levels of ethanol during development. Alterations in learning, memory, motor coordination, social behavior, and stress responses were identified in these animals. Increased vulnerability to substance abuse was also demonstrated. These behavioral alterations have been associated with impairments in neurotransmitter systems, neuromodulators, and/or synaptic plasticity in several brain regions. With this review we hope to contribute to a better appreciation of the potential effects of developmental exposure to moderate ethanol levels, leading to better interventions aimed at relieving fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
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