Sleep changes seen with fetal alcohol exposure partly explain learning and mood problems

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) Slow-wave sleep -- the deeper sleep during which the brain turns each day's events into permanent memories -- is fragmented in adulthood in people exposed to high levels of alcohol in the womb. This is according to a study conducted by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and its Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, and recently published online in the journal Neuroscience.