Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on neurobehavioural development and volume of rostral cingulate cortex subregions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy can have widespread and long-lasting effects on children's cognition, behaviour, brain function and structure. The pregenual anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the anterior midcingulate cortex (MCC) mediate emotional and cognitive behaviours that are affected by prenatal alcohol exposure. However, the neurobehavioural development of the pregenual ACC and anterior MCC has not been examined in people with prenatal alcohol exposure.

Methods

We recruited 30 children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure and 50 age- and gender-matched unexposed controls. We acquired structural MRI data sets on a 3 T scanner. We manually delineated 2 areas of the rostral cingulate cortex - the pregenual ACC and the anterior MCC - a

SUBMITTER: Aghamohammadi-Sereshki A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9337872 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature