Frequency of Infant Stroking Reported by Mothers Moderates the Effect of Prenatal Depression on Infant Behavioural and Physiological Outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Sharp, Helen ^a   Pickles, Andrew ^b   Meaney, Michael ^c   Marshall, Kate ^d   Tibu, Florin ^d   Hill, Jonathan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VAGUS TONE;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867613375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045446     Document Type: Article

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