Navigation Links
Moderate prenatal exposure to alcohol and stress in monkeys can cause touch sensitivity
Date:2/6/2008

A new study on monkeys has found that moderate exposure to alcohol and stress during pregnancy can lead to sensitivity to touch in the monkeys babies. In human children, sensitivity to touch is one of a number of characteristics of the approximately 5 percent of children who over-respond to sensory information. Since these characteristics can lead to behavioral or emotional problems, early identification and treatment are important. Children who are sensitive to touch have unpleasant and sometimes painful reactions to otherwise pleasant or neutral forms of touching.

The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, appears in the January/February 2008 issue of the journal Child Development.

Our results with monkeys have important implications for preventing childhood disorders, according to Mary L Schneider, professor of occupational therapy and psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the studys lead author.

Researchers studied 38 5- to 7-year-old rhesus monkeys born to mothers who either drank a moderate dose of alcohol every day during their pregnancies, were exposed to a mild 10-minute stressor during their pregnancies, drank a moderate amount of alcohol and were exposed to the stressor during their pregnancies, or were undisturbed while they were pregnant. A moderate dose of alcohol for the monkeys was defined as the equivalent of two drinks a day for a human.

Without knowing which situation the mother monkeys had experienced, the researchers rated the monkeys offspring according to how they responded to repeated touch with a feather, a cotton ball, and a stiff brush. They found that monkeys whose mothers had not been stressed or consumed alcohol got used to touch over time, while monkeys whose mothers had been stressed grew more disturbed by touch over time. Monkeys who had been exposed to alcohol prenatally were disturbed by touch more than monkeys who had not been exposed to a
'/>"/>

Contact: Andrea Browning
abrowning@srcd.org
202-289-7905
Society for Research in Child Development
Source:Eurekalert

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. Trainor Lab characterizes gene essential for prenatal development of nervous system
2. MIT: Prenatal arsenic exposure detected in newborns
3. Time spent in car drives up air pollution exposure
4. Nanoparticle exposures happen, says expert
5. Researchers developing device to predict proper light exposure for human health
6. UCR engineers to develop new tool to measure how environmental exposures affect health
7. Meth exposure in young adults leads to long-term behavioral consequences
8. Cognitive, genetic clues identified in imaging study of alcohol addiction
9. A research of the UGR shows the genetic predisposition to develop alcohol abuse
10. Research reveals secrets of alcohols effect on brain cells
11. Cigarette smoke, alcohol damage hearts worse as combo

Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:11/24/2009)... Cambridge, Md. (November 24, 2009) New research...tic river ecosystems reveals predictable temporal ...se communities as markers for monitoring climate c...his week in the Proceedings of the National Acade...l communities in the six rivers shifted synchronou...
(Date:11/23/2009)... Washington, D.C. The community-associated strai...bacteria resistant to most common antibioticsposes... and is making its way into hospitals, according t...tious Diseases . , The new threat is easily pic...ic places and has increased the overall burden of ...
(Date:11/23/2009)..., A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Socie...large swamp in the Republic of Congopart of the "m...ed last yearare becoming increasingly threatened b...tudy recommends protection of the swamp forests ad... Reserve after recent surveys confirmed that high ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Researchers establish common seasonal pattern among bacterial communities in Arctic rivers 2New study finds MRSA on the rise in hospital outpatients 2A year after discovery, Congo's 'mother lode' of gorillas remains vulnerable 2Covenant Medical Center to Pay U S 244 5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations 55298 1Covenant Medical Center to Pay U S 244 5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations 55298 2SIRO Clinpharm and CambReg Ltd Strategic Alliance to Offer Regulatory Services in Europe 4895 1SIRO Clinpharm and CambReg Ltd Strategic Alliance to Offer Regulatory Services in Europe 4895 2Peptimmune Completes Phase Ib Study of PI 2301 in Multiple Sclerosis Patients and Presentation at ECTRIMS 2009 13686 1Peptimmune Completes Phase Ib Study of PI 2301 in Multiple Sclerosis Patients and Presentation at ECTRIMS 2009 13686 2Peptimmune Completes Phase Ib Study of PI 2301 in Multiple Sclerosis Patients and Presentation at ECTRIMS 2009 13686 3
...n essential reference volume in one of the most d...icine. Covering novel viruses, pathogenesis, epide...inical Virology informs scientists and health car...spects of this rapidly evolving field. , "Virol...clinical medicine. Challenges related to novel vi...
...rnard Madoff Ponzi scheme led to the collapse of t... science research, many bioindustry observers view...ce in the larger economic picture, reports Geneti...ok at the Madoff factor as representing only one c...s been rocked by declining stock prices, additiona...
...ns can lead to cellular changes in the cervix that...reatment of these pre-stages gives an increased ri...the HPV-vaccine can prevent pre-stages of cervical...term births. A new Norwegian study has calculated ...er development is a step-wise process that begins ...
Other Biology News:New edition available for essential virology reference 2GEN reports on Madoff scandal's impact on the life sciences 2HPV vaccine may prevent preterm births 2
(Date:11/25/2009)... Ambassador to Speak at Eco...ronto, Canada (Vocus) November 25, 2009 -- Ambassa...Who: ,David Appia, French Ambassador for Internati...t in France Agency ,To view a biography of David A...Ambassador Appia is available to meet with press t...
(Date:11/25/2009)...,, SANDIEGO,Nov.25/PRNewswire-FirstCall/--Ardea...arryD.Quart,Pharm.D.,presidentandchiefexecutiveoff...areConference. , ,Presentationdetailsareasfollows...:Tuesday,December1,2009,Time:2:00p.m.EasternTime,L...ahref=,http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/,target=...
(Date:11/24/2009)...,, SANTACRUZ,Calif.,Nov.24/PRNewswire/--Twomore...henation,sleadingonlinejobboardandcareerssiteforli...biaUniversityarenowmembersofthejobboard,joining28o...ejobboard, www.biocareercenter.com ,isonlyforpost-...lifesciencecareersitesontheInternet,BioCareerCente...
(Date:11/24/2009)...,, REYKJAVIK,Iceland,November24/PRNewswire-Firs...nouncedtheapprovalofallofits,"firstday"motionsbyth...BankruptcyCourt").deCODElastweekfiledavoluntarypet...ruptcyCodewiththe,BankruptcyCourt. , Theorder...ue,tooperateitsbusinessduringtheChapter11proceedin...
Breaking Biology Technology:French Ambassador for International Investment to Visit Toronto December 11 2Ardea Biosciences to Present at the Piper Jaffray 21st Annual Health Care Conference 2Two Major Universities Join Nation's Leading Postgrad Bio Job Board 2deCODE genetics, Inc. Announces Approval of First Day Motions by Bankruptcy Court 2deCODE genetics, Inc. Announces Approval of First Day Motions by Bankruptcy Court 3
...Neal Rubinstein, Department of Cell and Developmen...Medicine, Philadelphia , , Abstract ,...r populations of different muscle allotypes, a nov...tinguish muscle fiber types using histochemistry a...ia for their selective isolation by laser capture ...
...-Ah Lee Infertility Medical Center, CHA General Ho... , Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) is an i...liable procurement of pure cell populations from h...ted from pure cell populations was amplified to ge...r hybridization, and the differential gene express...
...stract , Microgenomic technologies enabl... cell mass. An integrated system of specialized se...ication protocols, and novel quality assurance che...ssion array data from minute samples with confiden...laser-cut and laser-capture microdissected pure ce...
Other Biology Technology:Laser Capture Microdissection of muscle fiber populations and expression analysis by RT-PCR 2Laser Capture Microdissection of muscle fiber populations and expression analysis by RT-PCR 3Laser Capture Microdissection of muscle fiber populations and expression analysis by RT-PCR 4Laser Capture Microdissection of muscle fiber populations and expression analysis by RT-PCR 5Laser Capture Microdissection of muscle fiber populations and expression analysis by RT-PCR 6Laser Capture Microdissection of muscle fiber populations and expression analysis by RT-PCR 7Laser Capture Microdissection of muscle fiber populations and expression analysis by RT-PCR 8Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Pure Cell Populations from Frozen UterineTissue Using Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and cDNA Microarrays 2Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Pure Cell Populations from Frozen UterineTissue Using Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and cDNA Microarrays 3Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Pure Cell Populations from Frozen UterineTissue Using Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and cDNA Microarrays 4Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Pure Cell Populations from Frozen UterineTissue Using Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and cDNA Microarrays 5Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Pure Cell Populations from Frozen UterineTissue Using Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and cDNA Microarrays 6Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Pure Cell Populations from Frozen UterineTissue Using Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and cDNA Microarrays 7Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Pure Cell Populations from Frozen UterineTissue Using Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and cDNA Microarrays 8Microgenomic Expression Profiling 2Microgenomic Expression Profiling 3Microgenomic Expression Profiling 4Microgenomic Expression Profiling 5Microgenomic Expression Profiling 6Microgenomic Expression Profiling 7
Criterion Staining and Blotting Trays, with lids, 12 from Bio-Rad
...e range of next-generation features into a small-f... flexible laboratory solutions. It puts every aspe...on, dispensing, and integrations into a single, a...it is efficient and economical. The Biomek NX prov...
Costar 96-Well Flat-Bottom EIA Plates, polystyrene, 100 from Bio-Rad
Polaroid Standard Electrophoresis Hood from Bio-Rad
Biology Products: