This is the first book about both normal development of the nervous system and how early exposure to alcohol and nicotine interferes with this development. The developing nervous system is highly dynamic and vulnerable to genetic and epigenetic factors that can be additive or synergistic. Disruptio
Brain development : normal processes and the effects of alcohol and nicotine / edited by Michael W. Miller
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
xv, 404 p. : 26 cm
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