Prenatal depression effects on the fetus and newborn: a review

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-455

  Field, Tiffany ^a,b   Diego, Miguel ^a   Hernandez Reif, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fetus; Newborn; Prenatal Depression

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MOVEMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MASSAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS TONE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 33744515317     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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