Maternal stress responses and anxiety during pregnancy: effects on fetal heart rate

C Monk, WP Fifer, MM Myers, RP Sloan… - … : The Journal of the …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined the effect of an acute maternal stress response and anxiety on fetal heart
rate. Seventeen healthy, 3rd‐trimester pregnant women (mean age = 26 ± 6 years) were …

Maternal mental representations of the child in an inner-city clinical sample: Violence-related posttraumatic stress and reflective functioning

…, RD Marshall, MR Liebowitz, MM Myers - Attachment & human …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Parental mental representations of the child have been described in the clinical literature as
potentially useful risk-indicators for the intergenerational transmission of violent trauma. This …

Maternal behavior of SHR rats and its relationship to offspring blood pressures

MM Myers, SA Brunelli, JM Squire… - … : The Journal of the …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
In Part I of this study maternal behavior of 15 spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and 11
Wistar‐Kyoto (WKY) rat mothers was recorded throughout the preweaning period. SHR mothers …

Distorted maternal mental representations and atypical behavior in a clinical sample of violence-exposed mothers and their toddlers

…, KA Trabka, JE McCaw, MM Myers - Journal of Trauma & …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To determine whether maternal violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
reflective functioning (RF), and/or quality of mental representations of her child predicts …

Traumatized mothers can change their minds about their toddlers: Understanding how a novel use of videofeedback supports positive change of maternal attributions

DS Schechter, MM Myers, SA Brunelli… - Infant Mental Health …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This study explored the use of a brief experimental intervention that integrates principles of
infant‐parent psychotherapy, videofeedback, controlled exposure to child distress in the …

Family nurture intervention in the neonatal intensive care unit improves social‐relatedness, attention, and neurodevelopment of preterm infants at 18 months in a …

…, SA Brunelli, RJ Ludwig, MM Myers - Journal of Child …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Preterm infants are at high risk for adverse neurodevelopmental and behavioral
outcomes. Family Nurture Intervention (FNI) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is …

The effect of aerobic training and cardiac autonomic regulation in young adults

…, I Slavov, Y Fang, MM Myers - … Journal of Public …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We tested the effect of aerobic exercise on autonomic regulation of the heart in
healthy young adults. Methods. Healthy, sedentary young adults (n = 149; age = 30.4 ± 7.53 …

Fetal heart rate reactivity differs by women's psychiatric status: an early marker for developmental risk?

C Monk, RP Sloan, MM Myers, L Ellman… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there are differences in fetal heart rate (FHR) reactivity
associated with women's psychiatric status. METHOD: In 57 women in their 36th to 38th week …

Pregnant women's cortisol is elevated with anxiety and depression—but only when comorbid

LM Evans, MM Myers, C Monk - Archives of women's mental health, 2008 - Springer
Elevated cortisol during pregnancy is associated with adverse birth outcomes and may alter
fetal development and subsequent adult health. Numerous studies link elevated cortisol to …

Effects of women's stress-elicited physiological activity and chronic anxiety on fetal heart rate

C Monk, MM Myers, RP Sloan… - … of Developmental & …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
This study examined the effects of pregnant women’s acute stress reactivity and chronic
anxiety on fetal heart rate (HR). Thirty-two healthy third trimester pregnant women were …