Associations between Maternal and Offspring Hair Cortisol Concentrations and Child Behavioral Symptoms in Mother-Child Pairs with Perinatal Mental Disorders

Associations between Maternal and Offspring Hair Cortisol Concentrations and Child Behavioral Symptoms in Mother-Child Pairs with Perinatal Mental Disorders

Maternal perinatal mental disorders (PMD) are associated with developmental and behavioral problems in children, probably mediated by the programming of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis. Increased cortisol concentrations during the antenatal and perinatal periods have been related to lo...

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Main Authors: Anna Agapaki, Fenia Papagianni, Dimitra Metallinou, Eleni Valavani, Aimilia Mantzou, Stamatia Kanelli, Makarios Eleftheriades, Areti C. Spyropoulou, Ioannis Zervas, George P. Chrousos, Panagiota Pervanidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:Children
Subjects:
perinatal mental disorders
hair cortisol
maternal stress
developmental and behavioral problems
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/6/810

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