ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019
Maternal and Neonatal Hair Cortisol Levels Are Associated with Infant Neurodevelopment at Six Months of Age.
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- Neonatal Hair Cortisol and Birth Outcomes: An Empirical Study and Meta-Analysis.Psychosomatic medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Association between prenatal maternal anxiety and/or stress and offspring's cognitive functioning: A meta-analysis.Child development · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of hair cortisol during pregnancy: Reference ranges and methodological considerations.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2020Pooled it
- Online cognitive behavioural therapy as a psychological vaccine against stress during the COVID-19 pandemic in pregnant women: A randomised controlled trial.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Trial
- Fetal Cortisol Exposure and Offspring Socioemotional Development.Developmental psychobiology · 2026Article
- Timing sensitivity of prenatal cortisol exposure and neurocognitive development.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Experiences of discrimination during pregnancy predict altered neonatal hair cortisol at birth.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Infant development at 14 months in the context of maternal objective and subjective birth experience and infant hair glucocorticoids.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Natural Disasters as a Maternal Prenatal Stressor and Children's Neurodevelopment: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Frequency and pain intensity of painful procedures in premature infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Maternal hair cortisol concentrations and its association with increased insulin resistance in midpregnancy.Annals of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Cumulative trauma predicts hair cortisol concentrations and symptoms of depression and anxiety in pregnant women-an investigation of community samples from Greece, Spain and Perú.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Common model of stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in pregnant women from seven high-income Western countries at the COVID-19 pandemic onset.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Deleterious effects of nervous system in the offspring following maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic.Translational psychiatry · 2022Review
- Associations Between Hormonal Biomarkers and Preterm Infant Health and Development During the First 2 Years After Birth.Biological research for nursing · 2021Article
- [Maternal and neonatal consequences of coronavirus COVID-19 infection during pregnancy: a scoping review].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2020Article
- Amniotic fluid cortisol predicts neonatal and infant development in non-stressed rhesus monkeys: Implications for prenatal stress.Neurotoxicology and teratologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal stress during pregnancy can affect fetal development during certain sensitive periods.
objectiveTo longitudinally assess maternal hair cortisol levels during pregnancy, and the postpartum along with neonatal hair cortisol levels that could be associated with infant neurodevelopment at six months of age.
methodsA sample of 41 pregnant women longitudinally assessed during the first, second, and third trimester and the postpartum, along with their 41 full-term neonates participated in this study. Hair cortisol levels were assessed from participants. Infant neurodevelopment was assessed by means of the Bayley Scale of Infants Development, Third Edition at age six months.
resultsMaternal hair cortisol levels in the first and second trimester accounted for 24% and 23%, respectively, of variance of infant gross motor development (
conclusionsThe preconception and prenatal time are sensitive periods related to infant neurodevelopment along with the cortisol levels surrounding the fetus while in the womb. Pregnant women could be assessed for hair cortisol levels while attending a prenatal appointment.
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