Navigating transitions in hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal function from pregnancy through lactation: Implications for maternal health and infant brain development

Building Babies: Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 133-154

  Nyberg, Colleen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Developmental programming; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; Maternal stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032297162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4060-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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