The NOFAS Weekly Roundup features news articles, research, event announcements, new materials and other highlights from around the world of FASD. The Roundup also includes the latest news from NOFAS and a link to...

These data confirm findings from previous studies identifying arithmetic as a particularly sensitive developmental endpoint for prenatal alcohol exposure. Whereas difficulties with arithmetic in ADHD are mediated by domain-general...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a leading cause of nongenetic mental retardation and other neurodevelopmental deficits. Earlier diagnosis of FASD would greatly improve prognosis for individuals and families...

Fetal Alcohol Research (FAR) – The official journal of the FACE Research Network – Advancing FASD prevention and care through research On November 1, 2007, the Journal of FAS...

A major new study shows that a pregnant mother’s diet not only sensitizes the fetus to those smells and flavors, but physically changes the brain directly impacting what the...

Results from our study show that FASDs are underrecognized by psychiatry trainees, representing missed opportunities for prevention and intervention,” lead investigator Roy Eyal, MD, from the Semel Institute for...

The results of this research study suggest that ethanol induces hyper-differentiation of glutamatergic neuron through Pax6 pathway, which may underlie the hyper-excitability phenotype such as hyperactivity or seizure susceptibility...

New research shows that children with fetal alcohol syndrome suffer deficits in both learning and memory when trained in eyeblink conditioning http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-11/ace-ecm110910.php

University animal science Professor Dipak Sarkar received a $3.5 million Method to Extend Research in Time award from the National Institutes of Health to expand support and funding for...