Pregnant women become insensitive to cold stress

• Main Authors: Glover Vivette (Author), Castelberg Brida von (Author), Kammerer Martin (Author), Adams Diana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2002-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is known to be altered during pregnancy, but it has not been tested with a natural stressor.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A group of pregnant women (n = 1...