MicroRNAs and fetal brain development: Implications for ethanol teratology during the second trimester period of neurogenesis.

Maternal ethanol consumption during pregnancy can lead to a stereotypic cluster of fetal craniofacial, cardiovascular, skeletal and neurological deficits that are collectively termed the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Fetal ethanol exposure is a leading non-genetic cause of mental retardati...

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Main Author: Rajesh eMiranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00077/full