May 3, 2019 10:00Antonina Hamhil
There is no safe dose of alcohol during pregnancy: scientists
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Some doctors believe that a glass of wine during pregnancy, nothing terrible will happen. New studies say that there is no safe dose of alcohol, and even a small amount of alcohol affects the brain of the fetus.
In the course of an international collaboration, researchers found a close relationship between cognitive impairment functions of the child and use his pregnant mother of alcohol regardless of the number drunk.
With the help of a special computer program and magnetoencephalography researchers examined the brain of 40 young people aged 15-16 years. In 19 subjects had a confirmed disruption of the brain, it was found that their mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy. The researchers found that if an expectant mother drinks alcohol, then the fetus, changes in the neural connections, as well as deteriorating the conduction of impulses along nerve fibers of the corpus callosum. Disturbances in this part of the brain seen in people with schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, depression, autism, mental retardation, attention deficit disorder and sensory symptoms.
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According to scientists, it was previously thought that the violations of the corpus callosum is the amount of drinking alcohol during pregnancy. Now it turned out that no matter what trimester pregnant and drinking alcohol which was the dose - spirits had negative consequences for the fetal brain.
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