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RECORD NUMBER: 52 OF 380Main Title | Birth, distress, and disease : placental-brain interactions / | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Cambridge University Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2005 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 59353112 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0521831482 (hardback); 9780521831482 (hardback) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Obstetrical endocrinology ; Steroid hormones--Physiological effect ; Peptides--Physiological effect ; Maternal-fetal exchange ; Prenatal influences ; Disease susceptibility ; Pregnancy Complications--etiology ; Brain--metabolism ; Maternal-Fetal Exchange ; Peptides--adverse effects ; Placenta--metabolism ; Placental Hormones--adverse effects ; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects ; Steroids--adverse effects | |||||||||||
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Collation | xii, 279 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Placental expression of neurohormones and other neuroactive molecules in human pregnancy -- The regulation of human parturition -- Maternal nutrition and metabolic control of pregnancy -- Fetal HPA activation, preterm birth and postnatal programming -- Prenatal glucocorticoids and the programming of adult disease -- Prenatal stress and stress physiology influences human fetal and infant development -- Glucocorticoids and the ups and downs of neuropeptide gene expression -- Glucocorticoid facilitation of corticotropin-releasing hormone in the placenta and the brain: functional impact on birth and behavior. |