Moderate‐Level Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Alters Striatal Dopamine System Function in Rhesus Monkeys

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2005

Abstract

Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure can cause impairments even in the absence of gross morphological defects associated with fetal alcohol syndrome. The basal ganglia, which include the dopamine-rich striatum, are sensitive to fetal alcohol-induced injury. In this study, we manipulated the timing of moderate-level alcohol exposure and compared the risk of adverse effects on striatal dopamine (DA) system function in rhesus monkeys.

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Publication Title

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

DOI

10.1097/01.alc.0000179409.80370.25

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