Association of prenatal alcohol exposure and prenatal depressive symptoms with offspring hair cortisol in childhood and adolescence
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and maternal depressive symptoms are associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis alterations in the offspring. The present study investigated long-term associations of both risk factors on the offspring’s hair cortisol concentration (HCC) in childhood an...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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December 2025
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BMC psychiatry
Year: 2025, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-15 |
| ISSN: | 1471-244X |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12888-025-07559-9 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07559-9 |
| Author Notes: | Anne-Christine Plank, Kerstin Panaseth-Gehle, Jennifer Gerlach, Stefan Mestermann, Peter A. Fasching, Matthias W. Beckmann, Oliver Kratz, Gunther H. Moll, Bernd Lenz, Johannes Kornhuber, Anna Eichler and IMAC-Mind Konsortium |
| Summary: | Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and maternal depressive symptoms are associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis alterations in the offspring. The present study investigated long-term associations of both risk factors on the offspring’s hair cortisol concentration (HCC) in childhood and adolescence. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 09.12.2025 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1471-244X |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12888-025-07559-9 |