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

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 individual stress reactivity and applied a psychosocial stress task in a sample of healthy participants with and without exposure to mild to moderate ELS. Results showed no significant effects of ELS on autonomic and endocrine indicators of individual stress

SUBMITTER: Bonke L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6430410 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature