Does maternal care-giving behavior modulate the cortisol response to an acute stressor in 5-week-old human infants?

Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 491-497

  Jansen, Jarno ^a   Beijers, Roseriet ^a   Riksen Walraven, Marianne ^a   De Weerth, Carolina ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cortisol; Infant; maternal behavior; reaction; recovery; stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77958063862     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2010.483298     Document Type: Article

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