How does alcohol lead to the behavioral problems associated with fetal alcohol syndrome?

a. It prevents the transmission of inhibitory synaptic messages
b. It causes too much myelin to form around the axons in the brain.
c. It causes some neurons that get too little stimulation to self-destruct.
d. It prevents oxygen and nutrition from reaching the brain of the fetus.

c

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A) maternal age B) membership in certain ethnic groups C) genetic background D) cigarette smoking

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