Oxytocin and HPA stress axis reactivity in postpartum women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-172

  Cox, E Q ^a   Stuebe, A ^a   Pearson, B ^a   Grewen, K ^a   Rubinow, D ^a   Meltzer Brody, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; Lactation failure; Oxytocin; Pospartum depression

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925825769     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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