Prenatal tobacco exposure on brain morphometry partially mediated poor cognitive performance in preadolescent children.

Pedro J Rodriguez RiveraHuajun LiangAmal IsaiahChristine C CloakMiriam S MenkenMeghann C RyanThomas ErnstLinda Chang

Published in: NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics (2023)

Our findings suggest PTE may lead to poorer cognitive performance and abnormal brain morphometry, with sex-specific effects in some brain regions, in pre-adolescent children. The poor cognition in children with PTE may result from the smaller areas and subcortical brain volumes.

Keyphrases

white matter
young adults
resting state
functional connectivity
cerebral ischemia
multiple sclerosis
pregnant women
mental health
brain injury
childhood cancer