Psychobiological effects of prenatal glucocorticoid exposure in 10-year-old-children

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Erni, Katja ^a,b   Shaqiri Emini, Luljeta ^a,b   La Marca, Roberto ^a,b   Zimmermann, Roland ^a,b   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute psychosocial stress; Children; HPA axis; Prenatal glucocorticoids; Psychobiological reactivity

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 84877709774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00104     Document Type: Article

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