Beyond labor: The role of natural and synthetic oxytocin in the transition to motherhood

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-42

  Bell, Aleeca F ^a   Erickson, Elise N ^b   Carter, C Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Providence Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Breastfeeding; Labor; Lactation; Mood; Mothering; Oxytocin; Pitocin; Postpartum depression; Stress

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOOD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OTR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AFFECT; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; LABOR; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTHER; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM;

AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; OXYTOCIN; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896718847     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12101     Document Type: Article

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