Prenatal Determinants of Behaviour (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Prenatal Determinants of Behaviour 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Dedication 6
PREFACE 10
EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION 12
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 14
CHAPTER 2. MATERNAL INFLUENCES 22
POSTNATAL VARIABLES 23
PRENATAL EFFECTS 39
CONCLUSIONS 46
CHAPTER 3. ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS: I. IRRADIATION 48
MATERNAL EFFECTS 50
EFFECTS ON BEHAVIOUR 56
CONCLUSIONS 71
CHAPTER 4. ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS: II. DRUGS 74
TERATOLOGY 75
BEHAVIOUR 79
CONCLUSIONS 107
CHAPTER 5. ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS: III. HORMONES AND NUTRITION 108
GONADAL HORMONES 109
ADRENAL HORMONES 121
CHAPTER 6. PRENATAL MATERNAL STRESS 140
OXYGEN DEPRIVATION 142
STRESS 146
CONCLUSIONS 166
CHAPTER 7. GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: I. INTRODUCTION 167
MATERNAL AND FOETAL GENOTYPES 175
CHAPTER 8. GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: II. AN EXPERIMENT ON THE INTERACTION OF PRENATAL AND PREMATING STRESS WITH MATERNAL AND FOETAL GENOTYPES 184
SUMMARY 234
GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 236
CONCLUSIONS 243
CHAPTER 9. STUDIES OF HUMANS: I. METHODOLOGY AND MATERNAL SMOKING AND COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY 245
SMOKING 251
COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY, ANOXIA, AND PREMATURITY 256
GENERAL 281
CHAPTER 10. STUDIES OF HUMANS: II. MATERNAL ENVIRONMENT, NUTRITION, DISEASES, X-RAYS, AND DRUGS 282
NUTRITION 299
DISEASES 301
X-RAYS 303
DRUGS 304
CHAPTER 11. STUDIES OF HUMANS: III. MATERNAL EMOTIONS 307
EMOTIONAL STATES AND REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS 308
MATERNAL EMOTIONS AND FOETAL AND INFANT BEHAVIOUR 312
CONCLUSIONS 322
REFERENCES 324
NAME INDEX 346
SUBJECT INDEX 354