Maternal Stress in Gestation: Birth Outcomes and Stress-Related Hormone Response of the Neonates

2015113 citationsJournal Articlediamond Open Access

Authors

Qian Su · First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Huifang Zhang · First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Yanyan Zhang · Shanxi Medical University

Huiping Zhang · First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Ding Ding · First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Junan Zeng · Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital

Zhongliang Zhu

Abstract

Prenatal maternal stress may negatively affect fetal birth outcomes, neurobehavioral development and affect neonates' cord plasma ACTH, cortisol, norepinephrine, and epinephrine.

Topics & Keywords

Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Stress Responses and Cortisol Infant Development and Preterm Care

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Pediatrics & Neonatology

Volume 56, Issue 6, pp. 376-381

DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2015.02.002

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 8.27

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