Salivary cortisol response to infant distress in pregnant women with depressive symptoms
The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis has been proposed as a potential underlying biological mechanism linking prenatal depression with adverse offspring outcomes. However, it is unknown whether the reactivity of this system to stress is altered in pregnant women experiencing depression. The...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer-Verlag Wien
2014
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