Prenatal Programming of Postnatal Susceptibility to Memory Impairments: A Developmental Double Jeopardy

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1054-1062

  Grant, Kerry Ann ^a   Sandman, Curt A ^a   Wing, Deborah A ^a   Dmitrieva, Julia ^b   Davis, Elysia Poggi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

betamethasone; cognition; cortisol; glucocorticoids; memory; prenatal; stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

CHILD; COGNITION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHILD; COGNITION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84936989673     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615580299     Document Type: Article

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