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

• Main Authors: Anna Agapaki (Author), Fenia Papagianni (Author), Dimitra Metallinou (Author), Eleni Valavani (Author), Aimilia Mantzou (Author), Stamatia Kanelli (Author), Makarios Eleftheriades (Author), Areti C. Spyropoulou (Author), Ioannis Zervas (Author), George P. Chrousos (Author), Panagiota Pervanidou (Author)
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• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...