Maternal stress/distress, hormonal pathways and spontaneous preterm birth

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-246

  Kramer, Michael S ^a   Lydon, John ^b   Goulet, Lise ^c   Kahn, Susan ^a   Dahhou, Mourad ^a   Platt, Robert W ^a   Sharma, Shakti ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^a   Séguin, Louise ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; HPA axis; preterm birth; stress; stress hormones; stressors

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFARCTION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISTRESS; MATERNAL PLASMA; MATERNAL STRESS; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGESTERONE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876139780     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12042     Document Type: Article

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