Social behavior of offspring following prenatal cocaine exposure in rodents: a comparison with prenatal alcohol

Clinical and experimental reports suggest that prenatal cocaine exposure(PCE)alters the offsprings’ social interactions with caregivers and conspecifics. Children exposed to prenatal cocaine show deficits in caregiver attachment and play behavior. In animal models,a developmental pattern of effects...

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Main Authors: Sonya Krishna Sobrian, R. Robert Holson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00066/full