Prenatal treatment with glucocorticoids sensitizes the hpa axis response to stress among full-term infants

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-183

  Davis, Elysia Poggi ^a   Waffarn, Feizal ^a   Sandman, Curt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Cortisol; Full term; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; Infant; Prenatal; Stress

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SALIVA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79551644141     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20510     Document Type: Article

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