Background: Methamphetamine (MA) is the most popular recreational drug. According to
potential neurotoxicity of this agent, it can cause deleterious effects on neural differentiation�…

This chapter gives an overview of the field of brain morphometry and development from birth
to adult age, including selected methodological considerations and fields of application�…

Because we live in a complex environment, it is to our advantage to sort out various stimuli
and to categorize them into different groups. In particular, some stimuli are needed for�…

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)'s 2011 World Drug
Report, amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are the second most widely used illicit drug�…

Parental exposure to drugs of abuse induces changes in the germline that can be
transmitted across subsequent generations, resulting in enduring effects on gene�…

O crescimento do uso de drogas il�citas entre as mulheres em idade f�rtil � preocupante. O
uso de drogas durante a gesta��o � causa de morbidades que podem se apresentar no�…

Prenatal experiences are considered with respect to maternal drinking of alcohol during
pregnancy, exposure to smoking, exposure to maternal depression/anxiety and�…

Addictive drugs exert their psychoactive properties through action on the brain. As the brain
substrates underlying the rewarding and other properties of these drugs undergo�…

This case study presents data for operant conditioning of alpha current source density (CSD)
in a 3-year-old female that completed 20 sessions of LNFB to address sequelae associated�…

The misuse and abuse of recreational or medical drugs by pregnant women places the
offspring at risk for neurobehavioral abnormalities. This chapter describes the�…