Drinking During Pregnancy Changes Baby’s Brain Structure (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Drinking During Pregnancy Changes Baby’s Brain Structure

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Left: Fetal brain post-intrauterine alcohol exposure in fetus between 25 and 29 gestational weeks. Note the smooth cortex in frontoparietal and temporal lobes. Right: Brain of matched healthy control case in fetus between 25 and 28 gestational weeks. The superior temporal sulcus is already bilaterally formed (red arrows) and appears deeper on the right hemisphere than on the left.

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RSNA and Patric Kienast, M.D.

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