Effects of Variations in Daily Cortisol Pattern and Long-Term Cortisol Output on Hippocampal Subfield Volumes in the Adult Human Brain
Our results suggest that both increased hair cortisol concentration and daily cortisol fluctuations can have a negative impact on the CA1-3 and DG subfields.
Authors
- Randy M. Whittal
- Nikolai Malykhin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-5050)
- Joseph Serrano
- Wojciech Pietrasik
- Béla Reiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2312-1441)
- Kathleen Hegadoren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5494-9658)
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100458
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.34
Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada