The onset of psychosis is thought to involve interactions between environmental stressors and the brain, with cortisol as a putative mediator. We examined the relationship between the cortisol stress ...

Adolescent offspring of mothers with preeclampsia have increased hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity that results in mild hypercortisolism, according to study findings published in Clinical ...

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis recovered in nearly three quarters of patients with Cushing disease (CD) within 2 years after successful trans-sphenoidal surgery (TSS), with a median ...

Postpartum depression strikes nearly one in five new mothers. Stress is a significant risk factor for this complex condition. Neuroscientists have generated a novel preclinical model of postpartum ...

New research reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped teens’ stress biology, altering hormones, inflammation, and brain activity in ways that could shape their health for years to come. Study: The ...