Importance of methodological details in the measurement of cortisol in human hair

Endocrine Regulations

Balagova Lucia¹  Jezova Daniela¹ 

[1] Laboratory of Pharmacological Neuroendocrinology, Department of Endocrine Regulations and Psychopharmacology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia;

关键词: cortisol extraction;    human hair;    method;   

DOI  :  10.2478/enr-2018-0016

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Objective. The measurement of cortisol in hair became a popular and frequently used methodology in human stress research. This methodological approach, depending on the length of hair analyzed, allows to reflect cortisol secretion over prolong time periods in a retrospective fashion. There is a big variability in the experimental approaches to cortisol extraction used in individual laboratories. Moreover, there are many methodological details which are not described in most of the published papers, although they may be influential. The aim of the present study was to identify and optimize selected methodological steps of hair cortisol extraction.

【 授权许可】

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