Relationships Among Prenatal Depression, Plasma Cortisol, and Inflammatory Cytokines

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 295-302

  Shelton, Melissa M ^a   Schminkey, Donna L ^b   Groer, Maureen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cortisol; cytokines; depression; pregnancy; stress

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA (163-171); PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD; DEPRESSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; DEPRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; INTERLEUKIN-7; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84930407805     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800414543821     Document Type: Article

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