Foetal exposure to maternal depression predicts cortisol responses in infants: Findings from rural South India

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 677-686

  Fernandes, M ^a   Stein, A ^a   Srinivasan, K ^b   Menezes, G ^c   Ramchandani, P G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c Snehalaya Socio Medical Relief Centre   (India)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; Cortisol; Low and middle income countries; Maternal depression; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DEPRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84938956618     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12186     Document Type: Article

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