October 2014
SoundBites is the NRI’s monthly e-newsletter. This month features Folami Ideraabdullah’s environmental lecture held at Catawba College and Dr. Zeisel’s input on a new research publication about gut microbes.
Gut Microbes Can Determine Your Weight
From the desk of: Steve Zeisel, M.D., Ph.D. Gut microbes have been making a lot of news lately. As the name implies, these bacteria reside in the intestine and fulfill a variety of functions essential to our health, specifically ensuring that we digest foods properly....Alcohol Use, Working Conditions, Job Benefits, and the Legacy of the "Dop" System
Gossage, JP, Snell, CL, Parry, CDH, Marais, AS, Barnard, R, Vries, M, Blankenship, J, Seedat, S, Hasken, JM, May, PA. Alcohol Use, Working Conditions, Job Benefits, and the Legacy of the “Dop” System. In. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11, 7406-7424.
Callosal Thickness Reductions relate to Facial Dysmorphology in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Yang, Y, Phillips, OR, Kan, E, Sulik, KK, Mattson, SN, Riley, EP, Jones, KL, Adnams, CM, May, PA, O’Connor, MJ, Narr, KL, Sowell, ER. Callosal Thickness Reductions relate to Facial Dysmorphology in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012 May; 36(5): 798-806.
Case Management Reduces Drinking During Pregnancy among High Risk Women
May, PA, Marais, AS, Gossage, JP, Barnard, R, Joubert, B, Cloete, M,Hendricks, N, Roux, S, Blom, A, Steenekamp, J, Alexander, T, Andreas, R, Human, S, Snell, C, Seedat, S, Parry, CC, Kalberg WO, Buckey D, Blankenship, J. Case Management Reduces Drinking During Pregnancy among High Risk Women. Int J Alcohol Drug Res. 2013 May 1; 2(3): 61-70.
Executive Function Predicts Adaptive Behavior in Children with Histories of Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Ware, AL, Crocker, N, O’Brien, JW, Deweese, BN, Roesch, SC, Coles, CD, Kable, JA, May, PA, Kalberg, WO, Sowell, ER, Jones, KL, Riley, EP, Mattson, SN. Executive Function Predicts Adaptive Behavior in Children with Histories of Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012 August; 36(8): 1431-1441.
Further Development of a Neurobehavioral Profile of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Mattson, SN, Roesch, SC, Glass, L, Deweese, BN, Coles, CD, Kable, JA, May, PA, Kalberg, WO, Sowell, ER, Adnams, CM, Jones, KL, Riley, EP. Further Development of a Neurobehavioral Profile of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013 March; 37(3): 517-528.
Maternal Factors Predicting Cognitive and Behavioral Characteristics of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
May, PA, Tabachnick, BG, Gossage, JP, Kalberg, WO, Marais, AS, Robinson, LK, Manning, MA, Blankenship, J, Buckley, D, Hoyme, HE, Adnams, CM. Maternal Factors Predicting Cognitive and Behavioral Characteristics of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2013 June; 34 (5): 314-325.