Vol. 25 (4) 2004 Neuro endocrinology letters

Maternal and fetal hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis: different response depends upon the mode of parturition.

OBJECTIVES: The changes in corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH), cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in maternal and fetal plasma were estimated in two group of women undergoing labour after oxytocin induction, or elective cesarean section to correlate changes in maternal and fetal HPA axis to.....