Pregnancy, the postpartum, and steroid hormones: Effects on cognition and mood

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-84

  Galen Buckwalter, J ^a   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^b   McCleary, Carol A ^b   Bluestein, Brendon W ^c   Buckwalter, Deborah K ^c   Rankin, Katherine P ^c   Chang, Lilly ^b   Murphy Goodwin, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mood; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SELF REPORT; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; COGNITION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0344457334     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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