Hair cortisol levels as a retrospective marker of hypothalamic-pituitary axis activity throughout pregnancy: Comparison to salivary cortisol

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 348-353

  D'Anna Hernandez, Kimberly L ^a   Ross, Randal G ^a   Natvig, Crystal L ^a   Laudenslager, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early programming; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Stress biomarkers; Thrifty phenotype

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MATERNAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SALIVA; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958862694     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.02.041     Document Type: Article

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