Transmitting biological effects of stress in utero: Implications for mother and offspring

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1843-1849

  Reynolds, Rebecca M ^a   Labad, Javier ^b   Buss, Claudia ^c   Ghaemmaghami, Pearl ^d   Räikkönen, Katri ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IISPV   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Early life programming; Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Maternal stress; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EARLY POSTNATAL STRESS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; POVERTY; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STRESS; STRESS;

EARLY LIFE PROGRAMMING; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; MATERNAL STRESS; OBESITY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; ESTRADIOL DEHYDROGENASES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FORECASTING; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PLACENTA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL INJURIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883652965     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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