Effects of prenatal stress on fetal and child development: A critical literature review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-162

  Graignic Philippe, R ^a   Dayan, J ^a   Chokron, S ^b   Jacquet, A Y ^b   Tordjman, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Child and fetal development; Chronic and acute stress; Individual stress reactivity; Prenatal stress; Psychological and biological stress; Timing of stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC STRESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SEXISM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899888248     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.03.022     Document Type: Review

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