Maternal laboratory stress influences fetal neurobehavior: Cortisol does not provide all answers

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 488-500

  Fink, Nadine Stephanie ^a,b   Urech, Corinne ^b   Berger, Christoph Tobias ^c   Hoesli, Irene ^b   Holzgreve, Wolfgang ^d   Bitzer, Johannes ^b   Alder, Judith ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fetal heart rate variation; Fetal neurobehavior; Maternal stress; Maternal fetal pathways

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952469544     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903300985     Document Type: Article

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