Maternal postnatal depression predicts altered offspring biological stress reactivity in adulthood
•Postnatally depressed (PND) mothers’ offspring showed increased cortisol stress reactivity.•This response at age 22-years was relative to control offspring.•There was also evidence of stable alterations in cortisol secretion in the PND group.•Offspring or subsequent maternal depression did not expl...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Pergamon Press
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309884/ |