Associations of Prenatal Nicotine Exposure and the Dopamine Related Genes ANKK1 and DRD2 to Verbal Language

Language impairment (LI) and reading disability (RD) are common pediatric neurobehavioral disorders that frequently co-occur, suggesting they share etiological determinants. Recently, our group identified prenatal nicotine exposure as a factor for RD and poor reading performance. Using smoking quest...

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Main Authors: Eicher, John D., Powers, Natalie R., Cho, Kelly, Miller, Laura L., Mueller, Kathryn L., Ring, Susan M., Tomblin, J. Bruce, Gruen, Jeffrey R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655151/