The maternal brain as a model for investigating mental illness

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2001, Pages 333-338

  Kumar, R Channi ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOOD DISORDER; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; FEMALE; LABOR; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERAL DISORDER; REVIEW;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0035236924     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(01)33025-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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