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Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Susan M. Smith
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
99
2
Toshio Tsuji
Hiroshima University
99
3
Michael C. Golding
Texas A&M University
56
4
Shaoyu Chen
University of Louisville
40
5
Fumiaki Imamura
Pennsylvania State University
17

Rising Stars Papers

1
Alcohol Exposure Induces Nucleolar Stress and Apoptosis in Mouse Neural Stem Cells and Late-Term Fetal Brain
Cells|2024
11 cit.
2
Alcohol exposure suppresses ribosome biogenesis and causes nucleolar stress in cranial neural crest cells
PLoS ONE|2024
8 cit.
3
Parental Alcohol Exposures Associate with Lasting Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Accelerated Aging in a Mouse Model
Aging and Disease|2024
7 cit.
4
Risk of autism spectrum disorder at 18 months of age is associated with prenatal level of polychlorinated biphenyls exposure in a Japanese birth cohort
Scientific Reports|2024
3 cit.
5
Ethanol exposure impaired mitotic division in apical radial glial cells and disrupted early cortical development in human forebrain organoids: Implications for ethanol-induced microcephaly
Toxicology|2025
1 cit.
6
Prenatal alcohol exposure perturbs the development of radial glial cells in the fetal olfactory bulb
Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Yuanhang Liao
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
99
2
Jasmine Randhawa
McGill University
87
3
Nuria Morales‐Puerto
Unknown
68
4
Sarah E. Steane
The University of Queensland
50
5
Sarah Boudová
Thomas Jefferson University
31
6
Andrea A Pasmay
University of New Mexico
28
7
Yuka Imamura Kawasawa
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
25
8
Ruby L. Lapham
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
24

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Characterizing the Role of Endocannabinoid Receptor Cnr1 in Mouse Ovarian Granulosa Cells
Cell Biochemistry and Function|2025
4 cit.
2
Effects of periconceptional ethanol on mitochondrial content and oxidative stress in maternal liver and placentas from male and female fetuses in rats
The Journal of Physiology|2025
1 cit.
3
Prenatal alcohol exposure promotes nerve injury-induced pathological pain following morphine treatment via NLRP3-mediated peripheral and central proinflammatory immune actions
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
1 cit.
4
Chronic ethanol administration exacerbates memory loss by altering N6-methyladenosine-mediated epigenetic signaling
Frontiers in Immunology|2025
1 cit.
5
The Effect of <scp>HCV</scp> on Methadone Dose During Pregnancy
Journal of Viral Hepatitis|2025
1 cit.
6
3,3′-Diindolylmethane attenuates recognition memory impairment induced by binge ethanol exposure in mice
Biochemical Pharmacology|2025
1 cit.
7
Prenatal alcohol exposure perturbs the development of radial glial cells in the fetal olfactory bulb
Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research|2025
0 cit.
8
The <scp>129S1</scp> / <scp>SvImJ</scp> Mouse Strain Is Resistant to the Effects of Early Embryonic Alcohol and Other Sonic Hedgehog Inhibitors
Birth Defects Research|2026
0 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Grant Baldwin
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
80
2
Bruno J. Gonzalez
Inserm
78
3
Balapal S. Basavarajappa
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
78
4
Xiaoqun Dong
University of Rhode Island
69
5
Andrew A. Monte
Denver Health Medical Center
64
6
Jia Luo
University of Iowa
62
7
Roy P. C. Kessels
Radboud University Nijmegen
62
8
Gregg D. Stanwood
Vanderbilt University
60
9
Mark W. Lipsey
Vanderbilt University
60
10
Bin Gao
National Institutes of Health
59

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Relationship between Nonmedical Prescription-Opioid Use and Heroin Use
New England Journal of Medicine|2016
1.1k cit.
2
Developmental Consequences of Fetal Exposure to Drugs: What We Know and What We Still Must Learn
Neuropsychopharmacology|2014
473 cit.
3
Brief Alcohol Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment|2014
468 cit.
4
Hepatocytes: a key cell type for innate immunity
Cellular and Molecular Immunology|2015
449 cit.
5
Interleukin-22 induces hepatic stellate cell senescence and restricts liver fibrosis in mice
Hepatology|2012
438 cit.
6
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment—a Systematic Review
Journal of Medical Toxicology|2016
372 cit.
7
STAT1 inhibits liver fibrosis in mice by inhibiting stellate cell proliferation and stimulating NK cell cytotoxicity
Hepatology|2006
270 cit.
8
Korsakoff&amp;rsquo;s syndrome: a critical review
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment|2017
261 cit.
9
Neutrophil-to-hepatocyte communication via LDLR-dependent miR-223–enriched extracellular vesicle transfer ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2020
174 cit.
10
Crucial Role of IL-4/STAT6 in T Cell-Mediated Hepatitis: Up-Regulating Eotaxins and IL-5 and Recruiting Leukocytes
The Journal of Immunology|2003
147 cit.

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