Examining the effect of Early Life Stress on autonomic and endocrine indicators of individual stress reactivity

Bönke, Luisa; Aust, Sabine; Fan, Yan; Wirth, Katharina; Khawli, Elissa; Stevense, Amie; Herrera, Ana; Loayza, Andrea; Bajbouj, Malek; Grimm, Simone

doi:10.1016/j.ynstr.2018.100142

Citations

Citation copied

Bönke, L., Aust, S., Fan, Y., Wirth, K., Khawli, E., Stevense, A., Herrera, A., Loayza, A., Bajbouj, M., & Grimm, S. (2019). Examining the effect of Early Life Stress on autonomic and endocrine indicators of individual stress reactivity. Neurobiology of Stress, 10, 100142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2018.100142

Abstract

Early life stress (ELS) is associated with altered stress reactivity and an increased risk for the development of psychopathological conditions in later life. However, depending on whether autonomic or endocrine measures were used as indicators of stress reactivity, previous studies reported conflicting findings of either increased or decreased stress reactivity after ELS experience. In the present study we therefore aimed to investigate the effect of ELS on both autonomic and endocrine indicators (heart rate and salivary cortisol) of