title: Focus on: magnetic resonance-based studies of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in animal models.
abstract: The imaging techniques magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provide valuable tools for studying brain structure and neurochemistry in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Although the application of magnetic resonance-based methodologies to the study of FASD in animal models is in its infancy, it already has provided new clinically relevant insights and holds significant promise to further extend our understanding of alcohol's effects on the developing fetus.
authors.affiliation: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Shonagh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: O'Leary-Moore
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Parnell
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Godin
authors.forename: Kathleen K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Sulik
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D011247:Pregnancy