Mechanisms of alcohol damage in utero -- Contents -- Chairman's introduction: what do we know of the mechanisms of alcohol damage in utero? -- Prenatal and early postnatal exposure to ethanol permanently alters the rat hippocampus -- Discussion -- Effects of alcohol on functional development of the auditory pathway in the brainstem of infants and chick embryos -- Discussion -- Altered stress responsiveness in adult rats exposed to ethanol in utero: neuroendocrine mechanisms -- Discussion -- General discussion I -- Neuronal migration -- Fetal breathing -- Interaction of ethanol with neural cells in culture: a model of intoxication, tolerance and withdrawal -- Discussion -- Growth, enzymes and hormonal changes in offspring of alcohol-fed rats -- Discussion -- Interactions between trace elements and alcohol in rats -- Discussion -- Critical periods for alcohol teratogenesis in mice, with special reference to the gastrulation stage of embryogenesis -- Discussion -- Range of alcohol-induced damage in the developing central nervous system -- Discussion -- Measures of alcohol damage in utero in the pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) -- Discussion -- General discussion 2 Are results from different animal models consistent'? -- Alcohol exposure in utero and functional deficits in children during the first four years of life -- Discussion -- Clinical, psychopathological and developmental aspects in children with the fetal alcohol syndrome: a four-year follow-up study -- Discussion -- Growth of rat embryos in the serum of alcohol drinkers -- Discussion -- General discussion 3 What do we want from animal models? -- Effects of moderate alcohol consumption and smoking on fetal outcome -- Discussion -- Preventing fetal alcohol effects: effectiveness of a demonstration project -- Discussion -- Final general discussion -- Prenatal diagnosis and counselling.

Ethanol and teratogenic mechanisms -- The importance of understanding the mechanism of alcohol damage to the brain in utero -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.