Several important medical studies have shown the specific types of brain damage resulting from exposure to stimulant drugs. Some of these are:
Stanwood, GR, Washington, RA and Levitt, P (2001) Identification of a Sensitive Period of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure that Alters the Development of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Cerebral Cortex, 11:430-440.
Chen, W-JA, Andersen, KH, West, JR (1993). Cocaine exposure during he brain growth spurt: studies of neonatal survival, somatic growth, and brain development. Neurotoxicol Teratol 15: 267-273.
Dow-Edwards, DI (1996). Comparability of human and animal studies of developmental cocaine exposure. NIDA Research Monograph 164: 146-174.
Gabriel, M, Taylor C (1998). Prenatal exposure to cocaine impairs neuronal coding of attention and discriminative learning. Ann. NY Acad. Sci 846: 194-212.
Lidow, MS (1995). Prenatal cocaine exposure adversely affects development of the primate cerebral cortex. Synapse 21: 332-341.
Stanwood, GD, Levitt P (2001). The effects of cocaine on the developing nervous system. In: Handbook of developmental cognitive neuroscience (Nelson CA, Luciana M, eds), pp. 519-536. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Stanwood, GR, Washington, RA and Levitt, P (2001) Identification of a Sensitive Period of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure that Alters the Development of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Cerebral Cortex, 11:430-440.
Chen, W-JA, Andersen, KH, West, JR (1993). Cocaine exposure during he brain growth spurt: studies of neonatal survival, somatic growth, and brain development. Neurotoxicol Teratol 15: 267-273.
Dow-Edwards, DI (1996). Comparability of human and animal studies of developmental cocaine exposure. NIDA Research Monograph 164: 146-174.
Gabriel, M, Taylor C (1998). Prenatal exposure to cocaine impairs neuronal coding of attention and discriminative learning. Ann. NY Acad. Sci 846: 194-212.
Lidow, MS (1995). Prenatal cocaine exposure adversely affects development of the primate cerebral cortex. Synapse 21: 332-341.
Stanwood, GD, Levitt P (2001). The effects of cocaine on the developing nervous system. In: Handbook of developmental cognitive neuroscience (Nelson CA, Luciana M, eds), pp. 519-536. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.