Maternal prenatal stress and cortisol reactivity to stressors in human infants

Stress

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-65

  Tollenaar, M S ^a   Beijers, R ^a   Jansen, J ^a   Riksen Walraven, J M A ^a   De Weerth, C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; infant; prenatal; programming; stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA; SALIVA LEVEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VACCINATION;

ADULT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650318046     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2010.499485     Document Type: Article

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