A Role for the Placenta in Programming Maternal Mood and Childhood Behavioural Disorders

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Janssen, A B ^a   Kertes, D A ^b   McNamara, G I ^a   Braithwaite, E C ^c   Creeth, H D J ^a   Glover, V I ^d   John, R M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

foetal programming; hormones; maternal mood; placenta; prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; REVIEW; AFFECT; ANIMAL; CHILD; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84984889338     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12373     Document Type: Review

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