Nicotine Exposure In Pregnant Rats Puts Offspring At Risk For Learning Disabilities

Saturday, Apr. 2nd 2011 6:24 AM

Exposure to nicotine during pregnancy leads to a decrease in adult stem cells and a change in synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus of the offspring, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham presented at Neuroscience 2010, the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego in November.

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