Effects of a maternal psychosocial intervention on hair derived biomarkers of HPA axis function in mothers and children in rural Pakistan

• Main Authors: Victoria Baranov (Author), Allison Frost (Author), Ashley Hagaman (Author), Julian G. Simmons (Author), Muhammad S. Manzoor (Author), Pietro Biroli (Author), Sonia Bhalotra (Author), Atif Rahman (Author), Siham Sikander (Author), Joanna Maselko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Disruptions in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are thought to be key neuroendocrine mechanisms involved in psychopathology and may have intergenerational impacts. Hair-derived HPA hormones offer a measure of long-term HPA axis activity that may be useful in assessing materna...