Different patterns of oxytocin, prolactin but not cortisol release during breastfeeding in women delivered by Caesarean section or by the vaginal route

Early Human Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 103-118

  Nissen, Eva ^a,b   Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin ^b   Svensson, Kristin ^b   Stock, Solveig ^a   Widström, Ann Marie ^a,b   Winberg, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Caesarean section; Cortisol; Oxytocin; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CALCULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0030570554     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3782(96)01725-2     Document Type: Article

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