Pre - Natal Alcohol Exposure Shapes Sensory Preference, Upping The Odds Of Later Alcohol Use And Abuse

Young people whose mothers drank when pregnant may be more likely to abuse alcohol because, in the womb, their developing senses came to prefer its taste and smell. Researchers with the State University of New York Developmental Ethanol Research Center have found that because the developing nervous system adapts to whatever mothers eat and drink, young rats exposed to alcohol (ethanol) in the womb drank significantly more alcohol than non-exposed rats. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on December 15th, 2007