ATTENTION FUNCTIONING IN CHILDREN WITH PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE.
Children born to drug abusers are exposed to teratogenic influences on intrauterine brain development and undergo postnatal withdrawal. We investigated the interplay of different domains and levels of attention functioning in 24 prenatally exposed and 25 nonexposed children who were 5 to 6 years old. Assessment included parent ratings and neuropsychological and electrophysiological methods. Exposed children had a higher prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms, tended to have poorer performance in an attention test battery, and showed EEG alterations in P3 and N2c. Findings suggest long-term effects of prenatal drug exposure on specific domains and on different levels of attention functioning.
Municipal Hospital Dortmund, Germany.
Dominique A
DA
Jaeger
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
Boris
B
Suchan
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
Axel
A
Schölmerich
Municipal Hospital Dortmund.
Dominik T
DT
Schneider
Municipal Hospital Dortmund and University of Health Sciences, Bochum.
Nina
N
Gawehn
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
Aufmerksamkeitsfähigkeit; P3 and N2c; P3 et N2c; P3 und N2c; P3 y N2c; P3和N2C; attention functioning; exposición prenatal al consumo múltiple de drogas; exposition polydrogue prénatale; fonctionnement de l'attention; funcionamiento de atención; prenatal polydrug exposure; pränatale polyvalente Drogenexposition; 出産前の複数の薬物への暴露prenatal polydrug exposure; 注意功能; 注意機能attention functioning; 產前接觸多種藥物