Early life stress and environmental influences on the neurodevelopment of children with prenatal opioid exposure

Prenatal opioid exposure has reached epidemic proportions. In the last 10 years, there has been a 242% increase in the number of babies born with the drug withdrawal syndrome known as Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS). Developmental outcome studies of infants with prenatal opioid exposure a...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth Conradt, Sheila E. Crowell, Barry M. Lester
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Neurobiology of Stress
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289518300183