Signs of fetal alcohol syndrome detected in womb
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 20:10
in Psychology & Sociology
New images reveal the earliest impairments to nonhuman primate fetal brain development due to alcohol ingested by the mother, in a study involving rhesus macaques. Magnetic resonance imaging showed impairments to brain growth during the third trimester of pregnancy, even though the fetus was exposed to alcohol only during the first trimester.