ArticleEndocrine connections2017
Interpretation of glucocorticoids in neonatal hair: a reflection of intrauterine glucocorticoid regulation?
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- Neonatal Hair Cortisol and Birth Outcomes: An Empirical Study and Meta-Analysis.Psychosomatic medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Hair cortisol as outcome parameter for psychological and neuropsychiatric interventions-a literature review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
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- Neurodevelopmental Impact of Maternal Postnatal Depression: A Systematic Review of EEG Biomarkers in Infants.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Infant development at 14 months in the context of maternal objective and subjective birth experience and infant hair glucocorticoids.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Exploring Relationship Between Immunocompetence, HPA Axis Functioning and Performances of Preweaning Dairy Calves.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Higher prenatal anxiety predicts lower neonatal hair cortisol.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
- Collaborating to Improve Neonatal Care: ParentAl Participation on the NEonatal Ward-Study Protocol of the neoPARTNER Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Parental Stress and Scalp Hair Cortisol in Excessively Crying Infants: A Case Control Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Absence of relationship between serum cortisol and critical illness in premature infants.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2021Article
- Perinatal determinants of neonatal hair glucocorticoid concentrations.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2021Article
- An exploratory study of perinatal hair cortisol concentrations in mother-infant dyads with severe psychiatric disorders versus healthy controls.BJPsych open · 2021Article
- The Impact of Parental Role Distributions, Work Participation, and Stress Factors on Family Health-Related Outcomes: Study Protocol of the Prospective Multi-Method Cohort "Dresden Study on Parenting, Work, and Mental Health" (DREAM).Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Placental FKBP51 mediates a link between second trimester maternal anxiety and birthweight in female infants.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Is Associated with Decreased Cortisol and Cortisone Levels in Neonatal Hair.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundGlucocorticoids (GCs) measured in neonatal hair might reflect intrauterine as well as postpartum GC regulation. We aimed to identify factors associated with neonatal hair GC levels in early life, and their correlation with maternal hair GCs.
methodsIn a single-center observational study, mother-infant pairs (
results(1) Neonatal GC levels were >5 times higher than maternal levels, with a decrease in ±50% between birth and the OPV for cortisol. (2) Maternal and neonatal cortisol, but not cortisone, levels were correlated both at postpartum and at the OPV. (3) Gestational age was associated with neonatal GC postpartum (log-transformed
conclusionsNeonatal hair GCs mainly reflect the third trimester increase in cortisol, which might be caused by the positive feedback loop, a placenta-driven phenomenon, represented by the positive association with GA. Between birth and 1.5 months postpartum, neonatal hair cortisol concentrations decrease sharply, but still appear to reflect both intra- and extrauterine periods.
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