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Chunk #1 — INTRODUCTION

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Postnatal binge-like alcohol exposure decreases dendritic complexity while increasing the density of mature spines in mPFC Layer II/III pyramidal neurons.
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et al, 2000; Rasmussen, 2005). Finally, patients with FASD exhibit behavioral disabilities that are common in patients suffering from frontal lobe damage (Connor et al., 2000) including, but not limited to, executive functioning deficits, such as planning, organized search, inhibition, working memory and flexible thinking (Rasmussen, 2005; Connor, 2000; Welsh & Pennington 1988), indicating the role of the prefrontal cortex in FASD behavioral disabilities.