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We collect the latest data from scientists who study the impacts of prenatal substance exposure. Below you will find easy to read explanations, along with links to the published articles.
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Brain Connectivity in Infants with Prenatal Opioid Exposure
This study on infant brains, exposed to opioids prenatally, shows network connections in the brain are different than the connections of non-exposed infant brains.
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and High School Performance
Little is known about the long term outcomes of children with NAS diagnoses, including how they perform in school. In this study, researchers linked health data to school test scores and recorded how children with prenatal opioid exposure lined up against their peers..