Deal in the womb: Fetal opiates, parent-offspring conflict, and the future of midwifery

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1189-1194

  Apari, Péter ^a   Rózsa, Lajos ^b,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ENDORPHIN;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS;

ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ENDORPHINS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; POLYOMMATINAE;

EID: 33748129542     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.03.053     Document Type: Article

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