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Neuroimaging of children following prenatal drug exposure

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Derauf, Chris, Kekatpure, Minal, Neyzi, Nurunisa, Lester, Barry, Kosofsky, Barry·2009·Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology

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Recent advances in MR-based brain imaging methods have provided unprecedented capabilities to visualize the brain. Application of these methods has allowed identification of brain structures and patterns of functional activation altered in offspring of mothers who used licit (e.g., alcohol and tobacco) and illicit (e.g., cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana) drugs during pregnancy. Here we review that literature, which though somewhat limited by the complexities of separating the specific effects of each drug from other confounding variables, points to sets of interconnected brain structures as being altered following prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse. In particular, dopamine-rich cortical (e.g., frontal cortex) and subcortical (e.g., basal ganglia) fetal brain structures show evidence of vulnerability to intrauterine drug exposure suggesting that during brain development drugs of abuse share a specific profile of developmental neurotoxicity. Such brain malformations may shed light on mechanisms underlying prenatal drug-induced brain injury, may serve as bio-markers of significant intrauterine drug exposure, and may additionally be predictors of subsequent neuro-developmental compromise. Wider clinical use of these research-based non-invasive methods will allow for improved diagnosis and allocation of therapeutic resources for affected infants, children, and young adults.

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Authors
Derauf, C., Kekatpure, M., Neyzi, N., Lester, B., & Kosofsky, B.
Affiliations
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
  • NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital (US)
  • Brown University (US)
Corresponding author
Kosofsky, Barry
Venue
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-06
Volume
20
Issue
4
Pages
441-454
ISSN
1084-9521 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1998660749
Cited by
122
References
211
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (K02DA000354, R01DA017905)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
prenatal drug exposure, developmental neurotoxicity, fetal brain development, brain malformations, frontal cortex, basal ganglia, maternal alcohol use, maternal smoking, maternal cocaine use, maternal marijuana use, neuroimaging biomarkers, children
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain, Child, Developmental Disabilities, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Maternal-Fetal Exchange, Pregnancy, Substance-Related Disorders

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