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Relationship Of Maternal And Infant Cortisol Matrices With Later Infant Behavior And Temperament, Anastasia Perris
Relationship Of Maternal And Infant Cortisol Matrices With Later Infant Behavior And Temperament, Anastasia Perris
Anastasia Perris
Prenatal stress has been correlated with adverse developmental outcomes affecting infant cognition and behavior. Previous studies have shown that prenatal stress can lead to increased susceptibility to adult disease but few studies have looked at the physiological stress response system by measuring the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Cortisol, the output of the HPA axis can be secreted in many different matrices (saliva, blood, urine, feces and hair). Most studies that do, only look at one measure of hormone production instead of examining multiple matrices. Additionally these studies do not look at the relationship between matrices. Hair provides a …