Solitary sleeping in young infants is associated with heightened cortisol reactivity to a bathing session but not to a vaccination

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-177

  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

Breastfeeding; Co sleeping; Cortisol; HPA axis; Infant; Reactivity; Sensitivity; Sleep; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BATH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NIGHT SLEEP; PAIN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SOLITARY SLEEPING; VACCINATION; WAKEFULNESS;

BATHS; BEDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 83555172300     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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