Psychosocial stress moderates the relationships between oxytocin, perinatal depression, and maternal behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 351-360

  Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^a,b,c   Gold, Ian ^a   Feeley, Nancy ^b,e   Hayton, Barbara ^b   Carter, C Sue ^d   Tulandi, Togas ^a   Abenhaim, Haim A ^b   Levin, Pavel ^b,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Maternal behavior; Oxytocin; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; AGING; DEPRESSION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGING; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903582763     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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