Prenatal maternal stress predicts stress reactivity at 21/2 years of age: The Iowa Flood Study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-78

  Yong Ping, Erin ^a   Laplante, David P ^a   Elgbeili, Guillaume ^a   Hillerer, Katharina M ^b   Brunet, Alain ^a,c   O'Hara, Michael W ^d   King, Suzanne ^a,c  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Cortisol reactivity; Cortisol stress response; HPA axis; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RISK; FLOODING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MATERNAL STRESS; NATURAL DISASTER; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOODS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IOWA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84927779187     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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