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11/23/2010

University of Virginia Health System research reveals that nicotine use during pregnancy affects genes critical to the formation and mechanism of myelin, a fatty brain substance that insulates brain cell connections in regions of the brain associated with neurobehavioral development. This may explain why the children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to develop psychiatric disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, autism, and drug abuse.