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By contrast, the long-term damage to the developing brain from opioid medications is just beginning to be recognized as a serious concern. Published data suggest that opioid exposure commencing\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">in utero<\/jats:italic>\n                    negatively affects the maturation of the neural-immune system, and trajectory of central nervous system development. Methadone induces peripheral immune hyper-reactivity, lasting structural and microstructural brain injury, and significant deficits in executive function and cognitive control in adult animals following\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">in utero<\/jats:italic>\n                    exposure. Thus, to address the cascading public health crisis stemming from the multitude of infants with in utero opioid exposure who will grow up with altered neurodevelopmental trajectories, rigorous preclinical, mechanistic studies are required. Such studies will define the long-term sequelae of prenatal opioid exposure in an effort to develop appropriate and targeted interventions. Specifically, the development of novel fluid, neuroimaging and biobehavioral biomarkers will be the most useful to aid in early identification and treatment of opioid exposed infants with the greatest risk of poor clinical outcomes. 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