Prenatal cortisol exposure predicts infant cortisol response to acute stress

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-155

  O'Connor, Thomas G ^a   Bergman, Kristin ^b   Sarkar, Pampa ^b   Glover, Vivette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Cortisol; Fetal programming; Infant; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84872651757     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21007     Document Type: Article

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