Glucocorticoids and neuro- and behavioural development

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 130-135

  Mesquita, Ana Raquel ^a   Wegerich, Yvonne ^b   Patchev, Alexandre V ^b   Oliveira, Mario ^a   Leão, Pedro ^a   Sousa, Nuno ^a   Almeida, Osborne F X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Glucocorticoid; Neurodevelopment; Postnatal; Prenatal; Stress

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTISONE; DEHYDROCORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFE; LIFESPAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PRENATAL PERIOD; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 62849107219     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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