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October 31, 2012
Heavy prenatal alcohol linked to childhood brain development problems

Heavy drinking during pregnancy disrupts proper brain development in children and adolescents years after they were exposed to alcohol in the womb...

October 13, 2012
NIAAA Researchers Receive Neuroscience Awards

Andrew Holmes, Ph.D., chief of the Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Neuroscience at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (...

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