Cocaine : Effects on the Developing Brain

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Surveys evidence that some children exposed to cocaine will demonstrate selective handicaps in significantly important behaviors. Includes preliminary data from The Maternal Lifestyles Study that followed the development of 1,400 children, half of whom had been so exposed, from birth to age five. Generally covers maternal-fetal effects, neurobehavioral models for postnatal effects, developmental mechanisms, functional deficits, longitudinal studies in humans, and public policy. The 30 papers and 21 posters were presented at a September 1997 conference in Washington, DC. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.