Low Cortisol Levels Found In Kids Whose Mothers Show Signs Of De...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 04/25/2008 - 19:00

A new study of young children living in extreme poverty found that those whose mothers showed symptoms of depression had low levels of cortisol, a hormone activated during times of stress, compared with children whose mothers did not exhibit depressive symptoms.


 

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