Infant cortisol and behavioral habituation to weekly maternal separations: Links with maternal prenatal cortisol and psychosocial stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2863-2874

  de Weerth, Carolina ^a   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b,c   Beijers, Roseriet ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cortisol; Cortisol awakening response (CAR); Crying; Habituation; Infancy; Maternal prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; CRYING; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BEHAVIOR; CORTISOL; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE (CAR); CRYING; HABITUATION; INFANCY; MATERNAL PRENATAL STRESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; AREA UNDER CURVE; CRYING; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888296742     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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