Effects of prenatal depressive symptoms on maternal and infant cortisol reactivity
Prenatal depression is associated with adverse offspring outcomes, and the prevailing mechanistic theory to account for mood-associated effects implicates alterations of the maternal and foetal hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axes. Recent research suggests that depression may be associated with...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Vienna
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4963445/ |