Biological mechanisms and perinatal exposure to abused drugs
By: editor, Pushpa V. Thadani.
Contributors: Thadani, Pushpa.; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); National Institute on Drug Abuse. Division of Basic Research.
Series: NIDA research monograph -- 158.; NIH publication -- no. 95-4024.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Division of Basic Research; [Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor]
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Rockville, MD (5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville 20857)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Infants (Newborn) -- Effect of drugs on -- Congresses.; Fetus -- Effect of drugs on -- Congresses.; Drug abuse in pregnancy -- Congresses.; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects -- congresses.; Substance Abuse -- in pregnancy -- congresses.; Drugs -- adverse effects -- congresses.
Other titles: Biological mechanisms and perinatal exposure to drugs.
Notes: "Based on the papers from a technical review ... held on May 25-26, 1994 ... sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse"--T.p. verso.

Shipping list no.: 96-0039-P.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: value: Species-, gender-, and pregnancy-related differences in the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cocaine / Hisayo O. Morishima and Robert A. Whittington; value: Effects of morphine and cocaine on breathing control in neonatal animals : a minireview / George D. Olsen and Laine J. Murphey; value: Cardiovascular effects of cocaine in infant and juvenile piglets / Frank M. Scalzo and Lora J. Burge; value: Effects of cocaine on fetal brain metabolism and behavioral state in the sheep model / David J. Burchfield; value: Fetal cerebral vascular effects of cocaine exposure / Michael D. Schreiber; value: Effects of prenatal morphine and cocaine on postnatal behaviors and brain neurotransmitters / Ilona Vathy; value: Prenatal cocaine produces biochemical and functional changes in brain serotonin systems in rat progeny; value: George Battaglia, Theresa M. Cabrera, and Louis D. Van de Kar; value: Ontogeny of methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity in the rat model / Charles V. Vorhees and Cunfeng Pu; value: Ontogeny of nociception and antinociception / Gordon A. Barr; value: Perinatal benzodiazepine modulation of GABA [subscript A] receptor function : influence on adaptive responses / Carol K. Kellogg.