Physiological adaptations of pregnancy affecting the nervous system

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 405-410

  Lee, Lydia K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nervous system; Physiology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; FIBRINOGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; SEX HORMONE; THROMBOMODULIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DELIVERY; DETERIORATION; ECLAMPSIA; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 35649012634     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991124     Document Type: Review

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