Hair cortisol as outcome parameter for psychological and neuropsychiatric interventions—a literature review

BackgroundStudies measuring hair cortisol concentration (HCC) have been increasingly conducted to document stress-related, endocrine changes aggregated over time. Previous studies have shown that HCC reflects abnormalities in the hypothalamic–pituitary-adrenocortical axis (HPA axis) in the context o...

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Main Authors: Tim Botschek, Vincent Hußlein, Eva M. J. Peters, Burkhard Brosig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1227153/full