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ArticleHuman brain mapping2020

Different brain profiles in children with prenatal alcohol exposure with or without early adverse exposures.

Quinn R Andre, Carly A McMorris, Preeti Kar, Chantel Ritter, W Ben Gibbard, Christina Tortorelli, Catherine Lebel

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Neurodevelopmental impacts of unique postnatal adversity subgroups in children with prenatal alcohol exposure.Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence · 2026
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  14. Parental interaction style, child engagement, and emerging executive function in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence · 2022
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7 authors.

Quinn R AndreMedical Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Carly A McMorrisAlberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Preeti KarMedical Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Chantel RitterAlberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
W Ben GibbardAlberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Christina TortorelliDepartment of Child Studies and Social Work, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Catherine LebelAlberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0344-4032

Funding

Addictions and Mental Health Strategic Clinical NetworkNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) can alter brain development and impact mental health outcomes, and often occurs in conjunction with postnatal adversity (e.g., maltreatment). However, it is unclear how postnatal adverse exposures may moderate mental health and brain outcomes in children with PAE. T1-weighted and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging were obtained from 66 participants aged 7-16 years. Twenty-one participants had PAE and adverse postnatal exposures (PAE+), 12 had PAE without adverse postnatal exposures (PAE-), and 33 were age- and gender-matched controls unexposed to either prenatal alcohol or postnatal adversity. Internalizing and externalizing mental health symptoms were assessed using the Behavioral Assessment System for Children II, Parent-Rating Scale. ANCOVAs were used to compare mental health symptoms, limbic and prefrontal cortical volumes, and diffusion parameters of cortico-limbic white matter tracts between groups, and to assess brain-mental health relationships. Both PAE groups had worse externalizing behavior (higher scores) than controls. The PAE- group had lower fractional anisotropy (FA) in the bilateral cingulum and left uncinate fasciculus, and smaller volumes in the left anterior cingulate cortex than controls and the PAE+ group. The PAE- group also had higher mean diffusivity (MD) in the left uncinate than the PAE+ group, and smaller right anterior cingulate and superior frontal gyrus volumes than controls. These findings show different brain structure and mental health symptom profiles in children with PAE with and without postnatal adversity, highlighting the need to consider adverse postnatal exposures in individuals with PAE.

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Adverse Childhood ExperiencesDiffusion Tensor ImagingPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAdolescentAnxiety DisordersCentral Nervous System DepressantsChildEthanolFemaleGyrus CinguliHumansMaleNeurodevelopmental DisordersObsessive-Compulsive DisorderPrefrontal CortexPregnancyCentral Nervous System DepressantsEthanolDTIearly adversityFASDmaltreatmentmental healthMRIprenatal alcohol exposure

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PMID32659051
PMCPMC7502833

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