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Correlation of cortisol in 1-cm hair segment with salivary cortisol in human: hair cortisol as an endogenous biomarker

Qiaozhen Xie, Wei Gao, Jifeng Li, Ting Qiao, Jing Jin, Huihua Deng, Zuhong Lu

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) · 2011 · 87 citations · 13 references

Abstract

Our results confirmed that blood-related diffusion mechanism is a biologically endogenous source of hair cortisol.

References

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Analysis of endogenous cortisol concentrations in the hair of rhesus macaques

Matthew D. Davenport, Stefan Tiefenbacher, Corrine K. Lutz et al. · General and Comparative Endocrinology · 2006 · 652 citations

Animal Physiology, Stress Hormone, Rhesus Macaques +6

Measurement of cortisol in human Hair as a biomarker of systemic exposure

Clinical and investigative medicine · 2007 · 574 citations · Full text

Human hair follicles display a functional equivalent of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axis and synthesize cortisol

Natsuho Ito, Taisuke Ito, Arno Kromminga et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2005 · 493 citations

Human Hair Follicles, Adrenal Gland, Pituitary Gland +10

From Art to Science

William W.K. Zung · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1973 · 350 citations

Psychiatric Disorders, Rating Scale, Original Kraepelinian Concept +19

Elevated content of cortisol in hair of patients with severe chronic pain: A novel biomarker for stress

Stan Van Uum, Brittany Sauvé, Lisa-Ann Fraser et al. · Stress · 2008 · 342 citations · Full text