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Biology and Environment, Mothers and Infants: Linking Stress Physiology, Depression, Anxiety and Attachment
2018
The last two decades have seen research on early life experiences expand to include the prenatal environment and, more specifically, examination of the effects of prenatal maternal mental health on foetal and infant development. Cortisol, the hormonal end product of the Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) Axis, has been identified as one mechanism associated independently with stress, pregnancy and mental health, which can account for changes during foetal development. In the postpartum, these
doi:10.25904/1912/1186
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