Since its development in 1993, the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) has been used widely as
a psychosocial stress paradigm to activate the sympathetic nervous system and …

Pregnancy and the early postpartum signify a period of high stress. Perinatal stress can
include psychological distress (PD), such as anxiety, depression, and stress, as well as …

Background Stress before conception and during pregnancy is associated with less
favorable maternal and child health. Alterations in prenatal cortisol levels may serve as a …

Cortisol obtained from hair samples represents a retrospective biomarker of chronic stress
experienced by the subject in previous months. Although hair cortisol levels have been used …

Much of the existing research on biological mechanisms underlying the stress experience
has focused largely on moment‐to‐moment stress, rather than on chronic stress, an …

Background Maternal prenatal stress associates with infant developmental outcomes, but
the mechanisms underlying this association are not fully understood. Alterations in the …

Understanding maternal mental health and cortisol regulation across pregnancy and the
relationship to the development of the offspring's stress regulation is critical to a range of …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are characterized by physiological alterations in
cortisol and cortisone levels. In the present study, we sought to explore the risk factors for …

Background Maternal psychological stress during pregnancy, including stress resulting from
disasters and trauma, has been linked to temperamental difficulties in offspring. Although …

Objective To assess whether Family Integrated Care (FICare) in the neonatal intensive care
unit improves maternal chronic physiological stress and child behavior at 18 months of …