Cocaine: Effects on the Developing Brain (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) Pdf

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Release: 2000-06-16
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0801864321
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A "second generation" of medical and scientific studies has significantly advanced our knowledge of the postnatal consequences of fetal exposure to cocaine. Experiments involving both animals and humans have yielded a striking convergence of findings, indicating that higher levels of cocaine exposure alters programs for brain development in ways that may be associated with lasting changes in brain structure, neuronal function, and behavior. The "crack baby syndrome," in other words, is real, but the effects are more subtle than was previously thought.In Cocaine: Effects on the Developing Brain John A. Harvey and Barry E. Kosofsky bring together a distinguished group of authorities to present a summary of these new findings. While stressing that no single factor independently determines a particular behavioral outcome, the authors present evidence that indicates a clear association of prenatal cocaine exposure with abnormalities ranging from such measurable physical attributes as decrea Download Cocaine for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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