Gender Differences in the Outcome of Offspring Prenatally Exposed to Drugs of Abuse

Despite great efforts to warn pregnant women that drugs of abuse impact development of the embryo and the fetus, the use of legal and illegal drugs by childbearing women is still a major public health concern. In parallel with well-established teratogenic effects elicited by some drugs of abuse, epi...

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Main Authors: Francesco Traccis, Roberto Frau, Miriam Melis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
sex
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00072/full