The pregnant uterus as a psycho-endocrine organ

References

• Saigal S, Doyle LW. An overview of mortality and sequelae of preterm birth from infancy to adulthood. Lancet 2008;371:261–269.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berghella V (Ed). Preterm birth. prevention & management. Informa healthcare. 2010; 18:198–216.
   Google Scholar
• Gomez R, Romero R, Medina L, Nien JK, Chaiworapongsa T, Carstens M, González R, et al. Cervicovaginal fibronectin improves the prediction of preterm delivery based on sonographic cervical length in patients with preterm uterine contractions and intact membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005;192:350–359.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anotayanonth S, Subhedar NV, Garner P et al. Betamimetics for inhibiting preterm labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007; 1.
   Google Scholar
• Berghella V. Obstetric. Evidence Based Guidelines. Wiley-Blackwell (a cura di).2007; 15:116–137.
   Google Scholar
• Ness A, Dias T, Damus K, Burd I, Berghella V. Impact of the recent randomized trials on the use of progesterone to prevent preterm birth: a 2005 follow-up survey. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2006;195:1174–1179.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• The Collaborative Home Uterine Monitoring Study (CHUMS) Group. A Multicentre randomized controlled trial of home uttering monitoring: Active versus sham device. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995;173:1120–7.
   Google Scholar
• Herron MA, Katz M, Creasy RK. Evaluation of a preterm birth prevention program: preliminary report. Obstet Gynecol 1982;59:452–456.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wadhwa PD, Culhane JF, Rauh V, Barve SS. Stress and preterm birth: neuroendocrine, immune/inflammatory, and vascular mechanisms. Matern Child Health J 2001;5:119–125.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Rich-Edwards WJ, Tarayn A, Grizzard BS. Psychosocial stress and neuroendocrine mechanisms in preterm delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2005; 192: S30–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Messer LC, Dole N, Kaufman JS, Savitz DA. Pregnancy intendedness, maternal psychosocial factors and preterm birth. Matern Child Health J 2005;9:403–412.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schoendorf KC, Hogue CJ, Kleinman JC, Rowley D. Mortality among infants of black as compared with white college-educated parents. N Engl J Med 1992;326:1522–1526.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Facchinetti F, Ottolini F, Fazzio M, Rigatelli M, Volpe A. Psychosocial factors associated with preterm uterine contractions. Psychother Psychosom 2007;76:391–394.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dole N, Savitz DA, Hertz-Picciotto I, Siega-Riz AM, McMahon MJ, Buekens P. Maternal stress and preterm birth. Am J Epidemiol 2003;157:14–24.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rini CK, Dunkel-Schetter C, Wadhwa PD, Sandman CA. Psychological adaptation and birth outcomes: the role of personal resources, stress, and sociocultural context in pregnancy. Health Psychol 1999;18:333–345.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lobel M, Dunkel-Schetter C, Scrimshaw SC. Prenatal maternal stress and prematurity: a prospective study of socioeconomically disadvantaged women. Health Psychol 1992;11:32–40.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Orr ST, James SA, Miller CA, Barakat B, Daikoku N, Pupkin M, Engstrom K, Huggins G. Psychosocial stressors and low birthweight in an urban population. Am J Prev Med 1996;12:459–466.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McEwen BS. Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. N Engl J Med 1998;338:171–179.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McGregor J. Hormonal pathways of preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999; 180:S207–4.
   Google Scholar
• Hobel CJ, Dunkel-Schetter C, Roesch SC, Castro LC, Arora CP. Maternal plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone associated with stress at 20 weeks’ gestation in pregnancies ending in preterm delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999;180:S257–S263.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Erickson K, Thorsen P, Chrousos G, Grigoriadis DE, Khongsaly O, McGregor J, Schulkin J. Preterm birth: associated neuroendocrine, medical, and behavioral risk factors. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001;86:2544–2552.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ruiz RJ, Fullerton J, Brown CE, Dudley DJ. Predicting risk of preterm birth: the roles of stress, clinical risk factors, and corticotropin-releasing hormone. Biol Res Nurs 2002;4:54–64.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Latendresse G. The interaction between chronic stress and pregnancy: preterm birth from a biobehavioral perspective. J Midwifery Womens Health 2009;54:8–17.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mesiano S, Wang Y, Norwitz ER. Progesterone receptors in the human pregnancy uterus: do they hold the key to birth timing? Reprod Sci 2011;18:6–19.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Challis JR, Lockwood CJ, Myatt L, Norman JE,Strauss JF 3rd,Petraglia F. Inflammation and pregnancy. Reprod Sci 2009;16:206–215.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Facchinetti F, Dante G, Venturini P, Paganelli S, Volpe A. 17alpha-hydroxy-progesterone effects on cervical proinflammatory agents in women at risk for preterm delivery. Am J Perinatol 2008;25:503–506.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Folkman S, Chesney M, McKusick L, Ironson G, Johnson DS, Coates TJ. Translating coping theory into an intervention. In: Eckenrode J. editors The social context of coping. New York: Plenum Press, 1991. pp 239–260.
   Google Scholar
• Lazarus R, Folkman S. Stress, appraisal, and coping. New York: Springer; 1984.
   Google Scholar
• McEwen BS. Sex, stress and the hippocampus: allostasis, allostatic load and the aging process. Neurobiol Aging 2002;23:921–939.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yali AM, Lobel M. Coping and distress in pregnancy: an investigation of medically high risk women. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 1999;20:39–52.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Collins JW Jr, David RJ, Symons R, Handler A, Wall S, Andes S. African-American mothers’ perception of their residential environment, stressful life events, and very low birthweight. Epidemiology 1998;9:286–289.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang J, Zeisler J, Hatch MC, Berkowitz G. Epidemiology of pregnancy-induced hypertension. Epidemiol Rev 1997;19:218–232.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jónsdóttir LS, Arngrímsson R, Geirsson RT, Sigvaldason H, Sigfússon N. Death rates from ischemic heart disease in women with a history of hypertension in pregnancy. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 1995;74:772–776.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mestman JH, Anderson GV, Guadalupe V. Follow-up study of 360 subjects with abnormal carbohydrate metabolism during pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 1972;39:421–425.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dornhorst A, Rossi M. Risk and prevention of type 2 diabetes in women with gestational diabetes. Diabetes Care 1998;21 Suppl 2:B43–B49.
   Google Scholar
• Chen MJ, Grobman WA, Gollan JK, Borders AE. The use of psychosocial stress scales in preterm birth research. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011;205:402–434.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar