Causal effects of the early caregiving environment on development of stress response systems in children

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5637-5642

  McLaughlin, Katie A ^a   Sheridan, Margaret A ^b   Tibu, Florin ^c   Fox, Nathan A ^d   Zeanah, Charles H ^e   Nelson, Charles A ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Institute of Child Development   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Childhood adversity; Early life stress; HPA axis; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; EARLY INTERVENTION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

RODENTIA;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; ROMANIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928974639     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423363112     Document Type: Article

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