Corticotropin-releasing hormone during pregnancy is associated with infant temperament

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 299-305

  Davis, Elysia Poggi ^a   Glynn, Laura M ^a   Schetter, Christine Dunkel ^b   Hobel, Calvin ^c   Chicz Demet, Aleksandra ^a   Sandman, Curt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Infancy; Pregnancy; Temperament

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; TEMPERAMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 24144492720     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086709     Document Type: Article

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