Effects of maternal exposure to social stress during pregnancy: Consequences for mother and offspring

Reproduction

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Brunton, Paula J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANXIETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PORCINE MODEL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RODENT MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885623046     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0258     Document Type: Review

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