The Neurobiology of Postpartum Anxiety and Depression

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 106-120

  Pawluski, Jodi L ^a   Lonstein, Joseph S ^b   Fleming, Alison S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; maternal behavior; maternal brain; mothering; perinatal depression; postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTPARTUM ANXIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 85010223773     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2016.11.009     Document Type: Review

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