Stress, early brain development, and behavior

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-14

  Gunnar, Megan R ^a   Barr, Ronald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain development; Children; Coping; Corticosteroids; Cortisol; Crying; Infants; Pain; Stress; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032251485     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-199807000-00004     Document Type: Article

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