Birth, Distress and Disease: Placental-Brain Interactions

by Jay Schulkin

Book Overview

This volume examines the role of steroids and peptides in the regulation of pregnancy and pregnancy outcome, and their long-term effects including possible influences on adult-onset diseases. During pregnancy the placenta acts as a central regulator and coordinator of maternal and fetal physiology, and the onset of labor, through its production and regulation of steroids and peptides. Perturbations to this regulatory system can result in poor pregnancy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521182670
• ISBN13: 9780521182676
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"