Exposure to Drugs of Abuse: Alterations in Nonhuman Primate Development as Models of Adverse Consequences

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on several aspects of complex brain function observed during and/or after drug exposures that occur development, because they provide important metrics functional derangements can accompany such exposures. The current acknowledgment an apparently increasing proportion human offspring are diagnosed with a variety behavioral/functional problems as autism and related disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, restless leg syndrome, suggests environmental factors likely contributing factors. extent to which abused substances compounds might contribute these clinical entities is not yet understood much more research needs be conducted in order address issues. Exposure different drugs abuse, cocaine, marijuana, opiates, ketamines, development has been studied understand the altered exposure. These behavioral instruments useful–in fact necessary–for kinds longitudinal studies needed determine long-term consequences exposure used repeatedly same subject(s), often automated, tailored minimize or eliminate influence tester testee.