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

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 …

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

Background There is no consensus about how resilience is related to the different types of
stress such as daily or chronic stress and psychopathology. The main objective of this study …

Activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis is commonly assessed by
measuring glucocorticoids such as cortisol (CORT). For many years, CORT was obtained …

The analysis of steroid hormones in hair is increasingly used in the field of stress-related
research to obtain a retrospective index of integrated long-term hormone secretion. Here …

To inform the future use of hair cortisol measurement, we have investigated influences of
potential confounding variables (natural hair colour, frequency of hair washes, age, sex, oral …

Context: Although exposure to supraphysiological levels of glucocorticoids is known to
contribute to the development of the metabolic syndrome (MetS), the importance of …

Objective Chronic cortisol exposure is hypothesized to contribute to obesity. This study
examined associations between hair cortisol concentrations, a novel indicator of long‐term …

Abundant evidence suggests links between trauma exposure, altered secretion of the
glucocorticoid cortisol and the development/maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder …