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In addition to their inherent high overall stability, circRNAs, have been shown to have strong functional effects on gene expression <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> a multitude of transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. Furthermore, circRNAs, appear to be particularly enriched in the brain and able to influence both prenatal development and postnatal brain function. However, little is known about the potential involvement of circRNAs in the long term influence of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in the brain and their relevance for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Using circRNA-specific quantification, we have found that <jats:italic>circHomer1<\/jats:italic>, an activity-dependent circRNA derived from Homer protein homolog 1 (<jats:italic>Homer1<\/jats:italic>) and enriched in postnatal brain, is significantly down-regulated in the male frontal cortex and hippocampus of mice subjected to modest PAE. Our data further suggest that the expression of <jats:italic>H19<\/jats:italic>, an imprinted embryonic brain-enriched long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), is significantly up-regulated in the frontal cortex of male PAE mice. Furthermore, we show opposing changes in the developmental- and brain region specific- expression of <jats:italic>circHomer1<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>H19<\/jats:italic>. Lastly, we show that knockdown of <jats:italic>H19<\/jats:italic> results in robust increases in <jats:italic>circHomer1<\/jats:italic> but not linear <jats:italic>HOMER1<\/jats:italic> mRNA expression in human glioblastoma cell lines. 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