The complex mechanisms controlling human parturition involves mother, fetus, and
placenta, and stress is a key element activating a series of physiological adaptive …

For most women, childbirth is associated with very severe pain often exceeding all
expectations. Some childbirth education groups and popular texts on the subject, however …

After 30 years, Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies remains your go-to choice for
authoritative guidance on managing today's obstetric patient. International experts put the …

The story of human evolution has been told hundreds of times, each time with a focus that
seems most informative of the teller. No matter how it is told the primary characters are rarely …

Paired fetal and maternal samples were obtained, at fetal blood sampling and intrauterine
transfusion, to study hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress responses. This confirmed that …

Objective: Untreated major mood disorders during pregnancy pose significant risks. The
author reviews case reports of the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) during pregnancy …

Introduction The discovery of multiple, endogenous, opioid peptides (1) and opioid receptors
(2, 3) led to the idea that each receptor type may mediate a distinct profile of pharmacologic …

I. Introduction D uring the last 15 years our concepts of the role and functioning of
intrauterine tissues during human pregnancy have been changing. While initially considered …

Publisher Summary This chapter reveals that pair bonding is an evolved trait and may play a
critical role in reproduction, as well as in individual and species survival. The neurobiology …

Physical exercise stimulates the secretion of several anterior pituitary hormones. Both ACTH
and/8-endorphin (the COOH-terminal end of/8-lipotropin) are synthesized in the pituitary …