The decrease in responsiveness of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) system is marked over the first months of life. Seventy-eight healthy infants (44 girls), 7 to 15 weeks old, were given a laboratory mock physical examination. Salivary cortisol samples were collected pre-and postexami
Stability and change in cortisol and behavioral response to stress during the first 18 months of life
โ Scribed by Michael Lewis; Douglas S. Ramsay
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 731 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-1630
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