Dampening of Adrenocortical Responses during Infancy: Normative Changes and Individual Differences

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 877-889

  Gunnar, Megan R ^a   Brodersen, Laurie ^a   Krueger, Kent ^a   Rigatuso, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SALIVA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AROUSAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA;

EID: 0030170797     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01770.x     Document Type: Article

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