Evaluation of the association between placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone and postpartum depressive symptoms

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 355-362

  Glynn, Laura M ^a,b   Sandman, Curt A ^b  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenocorticotropic hormone; corticotrophin releasing hormone; cortisol; postpartum depression; pregnancy; prenatal

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84903266797     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000066     Document Type: Article

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