Do infants show a cortisol awakening response?

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 736-743

  Bright, Melissa A ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^b   Frick, Janet E ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Diurnal rhythm; HPA axis; Infancy; Infant; Physiological attunement

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 84866462463     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20617     Document Type: Article

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