Associations of Prenatal Nicotine Exposure and the Dopamine Related Genes ANKK1 and DRD2 to Verbal Language
Eicher JD, Powers NR, Cho K, Miller LL, Mueller KL, Ring SM, Tomblin JB, Gruen JR. Associations of Prenatal Nicotine Exposure and the Dopamine Related Genes ANKK1 and DRD2 to Verbal Language. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e63762. PMID: 23691092, PMCID: PMC3655151, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCohort StudiesDopamineFemaleHumansLanguageNicotinePregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, Dopamine D2SpeechConceptsPrenatal nicotine exposureANKK1/DRD2Nicotine exposureNicotine dependenceDose-response fashionAvon Longitudinal StudyCase-control cohortAssociation of markersPrenatal environmental factorsPrenatal nicotineLanguage impairmentLanguage tasksNeurobehavioral disordersEtiological determinantsNeural circuitsUtero developmentLongitudinal studyDRD2Communication disordersRiskRelated pathwaysAssociationExposureDisordersANKK1