Salivary alpha-amylase during pregnancy: Diurnal course and associations with obstetric history, maternal demographics, and mood

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-167

  Giesbrecht, Gerald F ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^b   Campbell, Tavis ^c   Kaplan, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mood; Obstetric history; Pregnancy; Psychological distress; Salivary alpha amylase; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SALIVA; SMOKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872656337     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21008     Document Type: Article

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