The analysis of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) is a relatively new strategy to measure
long-term cumulative cortisol levels, which is increasingly used in …

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 …

Shelter dogs are exposed to a variety of stressors. Among non-invasive techniques, hair
cortisol concentration (HCC) is suggested an easy to collect biomarker for giving insight into …

Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is a promising measure of long-term hypothalamus-
pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity. Previous research has suggested an association …

Cortisol is the end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, and its
production is increased mainly in stressful situations or in chronic disorders accompanied by …

Accumulating evidence supports the harmful effects of stress on health, including the
development and progress of psychopathology (eg anxiety disorders), metabolic disorders …

Background Cortisol, cortisone and the ratio of cortisol to cortisone in saliva, urine and hair
are acute, short-term and long-term biomarkers to reliably assess the activity of …

Purpose Hair cortisol evaluation has been used to help detect patients with suspected
Cushing syndrome. Our goal was to correlate segmental hair cortisol with biochemical …

Simple Summary In Western societies, people spend most of their waking hours indoors,
exposing themselves to virtually no sunlight. Natural sunlight contains all visible and non …

Hair steroids and their ratios are believed to be reliable biomarkers reflecting the long-term
exposure of circulating steroids. Hereinto, two underlying assumptions are that hair …