Various internal and external factors negatively affect the homeostatic equilibrium of
organisms at the molecular to the whole-body level, inducing the so-called state of stress …

The analysis of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) is a relatively new strategy to measure
long-term cumulative cortisol levels, which is increasingly used in …

Cortisol, a critical glucocorticoid hormone produced by the adrenal glands, plays a pivotal
role in various physiological processes. Its release is finely orchestrated by the …

The hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is assumed to be a retrospective marker of integrated
cortisol secretion and stress over longer periods of time. Its quantification is increasingly …

The deleterious effects of chronic stress on health and its contribution to the development of
mental illness attract broad attention worldwide. An important development in the last few …

Conservation physiology proposes that measures of physiological stress (glucocorticoid
levels) can be used to assess the status and future fate of natural populations. Increases in …

The skin has developed a hierarchy of systems that encompasses the skin immune and
local steroidogenic activities in order to protect the body against the external environment …

The current study assessed the associations between pandemic-related stressors and
physiological stress, as indexed by hair cortisol concentration (HCC), for mothers and their …

The stress hormone cortisol (CORT) is slowly incorporated into the growing hair shaft of
humans, nonhuman primates, and other mammals. We developed and validated a method …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationships between psychological and physiologic
measures of stress, mood, and gestational age at delivery and preterm birth. METHODS …