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Article: Prenatal amphetamine exposure alters behavioral reactivity later on.
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- Mental Health Weekly Digest
- Article date:
- November 17, 2003
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2003 NOV 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prenatal amphetamine exposure alters behavioral reactivity later on.
According to a study from Taiwan, "in utero exposure to psychostimulants produces neurobehavioral alterations in the offspring of laboratory animals. Most amphetamine-related behavioral changes have been related to changes in the monoamine transmission levels, where monoamines may act as developmental regulatory substances for maturation of neuronal population. This study investigates the effect of prenatal-amphetamine exposure on the offspring's behavioral responses under amphetamine conditioning settings."
"Pregnant female rats were injected ...