Prenatal stress alters cytokine levels in a manner that may endanger human pregnancy

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 625-631

  Coussons Read, Mary E ^a   Okun, Michele L ^a   Schmitt, Mischel P ^a   Giese, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Neural immune interactions; Pregnancy; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 22744439266     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000170331.74960.ad     Document Type: Article

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