The effect of mortality salience and early-life maternal care on neuroendocrine, autonomic, and psychological stress responses

The effect of mortality salience and early-life maternal care on neuroendocrine, autonomic, and psychological stress responses

Abstract Adverse early-life experiences alter the regulation of major stress systems such as the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Low early-life maternal care (MC) has repeatedly been related to blunted cortisol stress responses. Likewise, an acutely increased awareness of mortality (morta...

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Main Authors: Ulrike U. Bentele, Paula Strobel, Maria Meier, Annika B. E. Benz, Raphaela J. Gaertner, Elea S. C. Klink, Bernadette F. Denk, Stephanie J. Dimitroff, Eva Unternaehrer, Jens C. Pruessner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Early-life adversity
Maternal care
Mortality salience
HPA axis
Stress
TSST
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85380-w
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