Effects of Prenatal Drug Exposure

In their Science and Society article, Pat Levitt and colleagues discuss what we know about the effects of several legal and illegal drugs of abuse, as well as some prescription medications, on brain development in humans and animal models. They suggest that, by creating science-based core models of brain development and of the influences of drugs on this process, as well as by working in partnership with public policy makers and the media, scientists can make an important contribution to strategies for dealing with drug use during pregnancy.

Author contact:

Pat Levitt (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)
E-mail: pat.levitt@vanderbilt.edu or plevitt@usc.edu

Abstract available online.

(C) Nature Reviews Neuroscience press release.

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