Asynchrony of mother-infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity following extinction of infant crying responses induced during the transition to sleep

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 227-232

  Middlemiss, Wendy ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^b   Goldberg, Wendy A ^c   Nathans, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Mother infant; Sleep training; Stress; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; SALIVA; SLEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; CRYING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858336691     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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