Maternal prenatal licorice consumption alters hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis function in children

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1587-1593

  Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^b   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Pyhälä, Riikka ^a   Feldt, Kimmo ^a   Jones, Alexander ^c   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Phillips, David I W ^d   Lahti, Jari ^a   Järvenpää, Anna Liisa ^a   Eriksson, Johan G ^a,e,f,g   Matthews, Karen A ^h   Strandberg, Timo E ⁱ   Kajantie, Eero ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

11Beta HSD2; Children; Cortisol; Glycyrrhizin; Licorice; Programming

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STRESS;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650172906     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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