Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), who belong to the Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC, from its abbreviation in Spanish) and the Faculty of Psychology, have proven that ...

The hormone cortisol is the less famous cousin of the neurotransmitter serotonin. If you’ve heard of cortisol, it was likely associated with long-term stress, and it has certainly had its bad rap in ...

Hair cortisol levels, which is a steroid hormone secreted as a response to stress, are higher in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy for those women that will later suffer postpartum ...

Women with depressive symptoms during pregnancy may experience an alteration in the circadian rhythm of cortisol — a hormone that is necessary for fetal development — which could affect the course of ...

Elevated concentrations of the stress hormone cortisol in hair could potentially predict depressive symptoms in teenagers, but this relationship is not necessarily linear, new research suggests. A ...

Earwax contains the stress hormone cortisol, which could be used to help diagnose mental health issues, according to a new study. Researchers at the University College London Institute of Cognitive ...

Actinogen Medical’s cortisol blocker has missed the primary endpoint of a phase 2 study in depression, leaving the Australian biotech to focus on its potential in Alzheimer’s disease. The drug, called ...

Cortisol is the hormone on everyone's minds at the moment. Cortisol belly, cortisol detox and low-cortisol workouts have all been trending on social media, claiming that we all need to pay attention ...

image: UGR researchers have proven that hair cortisol levels, which is a steroid hormone secreted as a response to stress, are higher in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy for those women ...