Prenatal alcohol exposure alters biobehavioral reactivity to pain in newborns

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-692

  Oberlander, Tim F ^a   Jacobson, Sandra W ^b,c   Weinberg, Joanne ^a   Grunau, Ruth E ^a   Molteno, Christopher D ^c   Jacobson, Joseph L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brazelton Behavioral Assessment; Cortisol; Neonatal Pain; Prenatal Alcohol Exposure; Stress Reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZELTON NEONATAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN PERIOD; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949975842     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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