Effects of maternal breathing rate, psychiatric status, and cortisol on fetal heart rate

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-233

  Monk, Catherine ^a   Fifer, William P ^a   Myers, Michael M ^a   Bagiella, Emilia ^a   Duong, Jimmy K ^b   Chen, Ivy S ^b   Leotti, Lauren ^c   Altincatal, Arman ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fetal heart rate; Fetal heart rate reactivity; Paced breathing; Prenatal depression

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; STROOP TEST; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY RATE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROOP TEST;

EID: 79952603278     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20513     Document Type: Article

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