PhysiologybioRxiv
Hair glucocorticoids are not a historical marker of stress - exploring the time-scale of corticosterone incorporation into hairs in a rat model
P. Colding-Jorgensen, S. Hestehave, K. S. Abelson, O. Kalliokoski
This study shows hair glucocorticoids reflect recent stress, not historical stress, by tracking corticosterone uptake in rats over seven days.
DOI 10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114335