Intelligence - Drug effects
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Prenatal airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and child IQ at age 5 years.

18 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the relationship between prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and child intelligence. METHODS: Children of nonsmoking black or Dominican-American women residing in New York City were ... Read more...

Cognitive function at 3 years of age after fetal exposure to antiepileptic drugs.

14 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Fetal exposure of animals to antiepileptic drugs at doses lower than those required to produce congenital malformations can produce cognitive and behavioral abnormalities, but cognitive effects of fetal exposure of humans to ... Read more...

Lower diffusion in white matter of children with prenatal methamphetamine exposure.

13 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Methamphetamine use is a common problem among women of childbearing age, leading to an increasing number of children with prenatal methamphetamine exposure. Whether microstructural brain changes associated with prenatal methamphetamine ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Intelligence - Drug effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cognitive function after fetal exposure to antiepileptic drugs. 4 Aug 2009
• Prenatal airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and child IQ at age 5 years. 18 Jul 2009
• Cognitive outcome after exposure to antiepileptic drugs in utero. 29 Jun 2009
• Is it acceptable for people to take methylphenidate to enhance performance? No. 16 Jun 2009
• Is it acceptable for people to take methylphenidate to enhance performance? Yes. 16 Jun 2009
• Cognitive function at 3 years of age after fetal exposure to antiepileptic drugs. 14 Apr 2009
• Lower diffusion in white matter of children with prenatal methamphetamine exposure. 13 Apr 2009
• Co-exposure to environmental lead and manganese affects the intelligence of school-aged children. 12 Apr 2009
• Cognitive development and low-level lead exposure in poly-drug exposed children. 31 Mar 2009
• Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: normal outcome in a patient with late diagnosis after prolonged status epilepticus causing cortical blindness. 15 Mar 2009
• Cholinergic dysfunction in fragile X syndrome and potential intervention: a preliminary 1H MRS study. 27 Feb 2009
• Lasting effects of preterm birth and neonatal brain hemorrhage at 12 years of age. 27 Feb 2009
• Children with congenital hypothyroidism: long-term intellectual outcome after early high-dose treatment. 30 Jan 2009
• Arsenic exposure at low-to-moderate levels and skin lesions, arsenic metabolism, neurological functions, and biomarkers for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases: review of recent findings from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS) in Bangladesh. 25 Jan 2009
• Postnatal exposure to methyl mercury from fish consumption: a review and new data from the Seychelles Child Development Study. 19 Jan 2009
• White matter fractional anisotropy correlates with speed of processing and motor speed in young childhood cancer survivors. 27 Dec 2008
• The association between arsenic and children's intelligence: a meta-analysis. 22 Dec 2008
• Intrauterine exposure to alcohol and tobacco use and childhood IQ: findings from a parental-offspring comparison within the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. 29 Nov 2008
• Nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and mercury exposure among children with and without dental amalgam fillings. 5 Nov 2008
• Effects of drinking water with high iodine concentration on the intelligence of children in Tianjin, China. 21 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Intelligence'

Definition: The ability to learn and to deal with new situations and to deal effectively with tasks involving abstractions.

Descriptor UI: D007360

Alternative terms: Intelligence;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; genetics;

Tree Number: F01.752.543;

Technical Notes: /genet permitted