Abstract Purpose of Review This review focuses on the concentration of cortisol in human
hair as a biomarker of chronic stress in cardiovascular disease (CVD). We outline the …

Background Hair cortisol analysis is increasingly being appreciated and applied in both
research and medicine, aiding endocrinologists with diagnosis. Content We provide an …

Purpose Stress is considered an important risk factor for the physical and psychological
health of pregnant women. Hence, it is very important to study those protective factors that …

Quantitating glucocorticoids (GCs) in hairs is a popular method for assessing chronic stress
in studies of humans and animals alike. The cause-and-effect relationship between stress …

Ever since Claude Bernards discovery in the mid 19th-century that a lesion in the floor of the
third ventricle in dogs led to altered systemic glucose levels, a role of the CNS in whole-body …

This review examines the current state of knowledge regarding children's biological stress
response during the transition from preschool to compulsory formal schooling, focusing on …

Background: Maternal stress during pregnancy can affect fetal development during certain
sensitive periods. Objective: To longitudinally assess maternal hair cortisol levels during …

Background: Several factors can influence the production of mothers' own milk. Purpose: To
assess the influence of maternal psychological stress, maternal cortisol levels, and neonatal …

Objective Hair cortisol is a promising new biomarker of retrospective systemic cortisol
concentration. In this study, we compared hair cortisol concentrations in patients with newly …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with altered hypothalamic‐pituitary‐
adrenal (HPA) axis function. Measurement of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) allows …