Pregnancy distress gets under fetal skin: Maternal ambulatory assessment & sex differences in prenatal development

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 607-625

  Doyle, Colleen ^a   Werner, Elizabeth ^a   Feng, Tianshu ^b   Lee, Seonjoo ^c   Altemus, Margaret ^d   Isler, Joseph R ^a   Monk, Catherine ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Distress; Fetal development; Heart rate variability; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931567271     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21317     Document Type: Article

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