Changes to long-term secretion of the glucocorticoid cortisol are considered to play a crucial
role in mediating the link between chronic stress and the development of numerous immune …

Abstract Characterization of cortisol production, regulation and function is of considerable
interest and relevance given its ubiquitous role in virtually all aspects of physiology, health …

Background Stress is an established important contributor to the development of mental
illness and stress related disorders. The biology implicated in the homeostasis of …

Background Stress as a cause of illness has been firmly established. In public health and
stress research a retrospective biomarker of extended stress would be an indispensible aid …

Cortisol measurements in blood, saliva and urine are frequently used to examine the
hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis in clinical practice and in research. However …

Stress is now recognized as a universal premorbid factor associated with many risk factors
of various chronic diseases. Acute stress may induce an individual's adaptive response to …

The detrimental effects of stress on human health are being increasingly recognized. There
is a critical need for the establishment of a biomarker that accurately measures its intensity …

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 …

Hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) are assumed to reflect integrated cortisol secretion over
extended periods of time and may provide a sensitive marker for stress-associated …

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