Martina Derme, Maria Grazia Piccioni, Roberto Brunelli, Alba Crognale, Marika Denotti, Paola Ciolli, Debora Scomparin, Luigi Tarani, Roberto Paparella, Gianluca Terrin, Maria Di Chiara, Alessandro Mattia, Simona Nicotera, Alberto Salomone, Mauro Ceccanti, Marisa Patrizia Messina, Nunzia La Maida, Giampiero Ferraguti, Carla Petrella, Marco Fiore
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a set of conditions resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). FASD is estimated to affect between 2% and 5% of people in the United States and Western Europe. The exact teratogenic mechanism of alcohol on fetal development is still unclear. Ethanol (EtOH) contributes to the malfunctioning of the neurological system in children exposed in utero by decreasing glutathione peroxidase action, with an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which causes oxidative stress...
June 4, 2023: Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)