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Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Basal Ganglia Development
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: Apr 24, 2011
Prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) in human and animal models results in a range of alcohol-induced developmental defects. In humans, those…
fetal alcohol syndromeReproductionHuman Development
Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Cardiac Development
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: Apr 30, 2011
A variety of developmental defects occur as a result of prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) in utero. In humans, those defects are collectively…
fetal alcohol syndromeReproductionHuman Development
Neural Tube Defects (NTD): Folic Acid and Pregnancy
By: Tristan Cooper-Roth
| Published: Oct 20, 2010
In the US, one in 1000 births is affected by neural tube defects (NTD). A neural tube defect is a birth defect involving the malformation of body…
Neural Tube DefectsReproductionCongenital DisordersHuman Development
2D Obstetric Ultrasound
By: Sean Cohmer
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
The development of the obstetric ultrasound has allowed physicians and embryologists to obtain a clear picture of the developing human embryo and…
TechnologyUltrasonographyReproductionmedicineHuman Development
Lennart Nilsson (1922- )
By: Olivia Conley
| Published: Jun 24, 2010
Lennart Nilsson is a world-renowned photojournalist recognized for his exploratory images of the inside of the human body. Throughout his career,…
PeopleReproductionBiographyHuman DevelopmentMorphology
Birth without Violence (1975), by Frederick Leboyer
By: Olivia Conley
| Published: Jun 30, 2010
In Birth without Violence (1975), French obstetrician Frederick Leboyer describes in poetic form the possible perceptions and feelings of embryos and…
LiteratureHuman DevelopmentPublicationsReproductionFetus
Multi-Fetal Pregnancy
By: Corinne DeRuiter
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
In humans, multi-fetal pregnancy occurs when a mother carries more than one fetus during the pregnancy. The most common multi-fetal pregnancy is…
ReproductionFetusHuman Development
The Miracle of Life (1983), by NOVA
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
The most-watched NOVA documentary ever made and a revolution in the understanding of human development, The Miracle of Life (abbreviated Life)…
LiteratureReproductionHuman Development
Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Central Nervous System Development
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: Sep 12, 2010
Prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) results in a continuum of physical, neurological, behavioral, and learning defects collectively grouped under…
fetal alcohol syndromeReproductionHuman Development