| Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition SJ Lupien, BS McEwen, MR Gunnar, C Heim Nature reviews neuroscience 10 (6), 434-445, 2009 | 8599 | 2009 |
| The neurobiology of stress and development M Gunnar, K Quevedo Annu. Rev. Psychol. 58 (1), 145-173, 2007 | 3042 | 2007 |
| Social regulation of the cortisol levels in early human development MR Gunnar, B Donzella Psychoneuroendocrinology 27 (1-2), 199-220, 2002 | 1648 | 2002 |
| Behavioral inhibition and stress reactivity: The moderating role of attachment security M Nachmias, M Gunnar, S Mangelsdorf, RH Parritz, K Buss Child development 67 (2), 508-522, 1996 | 1306 | 1996 |
| Low cortisol and a flattening of expected daytime rhythm: Potential indices of risk in human development MR Gunnar, DM Vazquez Development and psychopathology 13 (3), 515-538, 2001 | 1298 | 2001 |
| Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation N Tottenham, TA Hare, BT Quinn, TW McCarry, M Nurse, T Gilhooly, ... Developmental science 13 (1), 46-61, 2010 | 1205 | 2010 |
| Child maltreatment and the developing HPA axis AR Tarullo, MR Gunnar Hormones and behavior 50 (4), 632-639, 2006 | 1074 | 2006 |
| Salivary cortisol mediates effects of poverty and parenting on executive functions in early childhood C Blair, DA Granger, M Willoughby, R Mills-Koonce, M Cox, ... Child development 82 (6), 1970-1984, 2011 | 949 | 2011 |
| Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the social buffering of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis: A review of animal models and human studies across development. CE Hostinar, RM Sullivan, MR Gunnar Psychological bulletin 140 (1), 256, 2014 | 853 | 2014 |
| Developmental changes in hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal activity over the transition to adolescence: Normative changes and associations with puberty MR Gunnar, S Wewerka, K Frenn, JD Long, C Griggs Development and psychopathology 21 (1), 69-85, 2009 | 828 | 2009 |
| Salivary cortisol levels in children adopted from Romanian orphanages MR Gunnar, SJ Morison, KIM Chisholm, M Schuder Development and psychopathology 13 (3), 611-628, 2001 | 766 | 2001 |
| Stressor paradigms in developmental studies: What does and does not work to produce mean increases in salivary cortisol MR Gunnar, NM Talge, A Herrera Psychoneuroendocrinology 34 (7), 953-967, 2009 | 757 | 2009 |
| Early experience and the development of stress reactivity and regulation in children MM Loman, MR Gunnar Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews 34 (6), 867-876, 2010 | 741 | 2010 |
| Stress reactivity and attachment security MR Gunnar, L Brodersen, M Nachmias, K Buss, J Rigatuso Developmental psychobiology 29 (3), 191-204, 1996 | 716 | 1996 |
| Adrenocortical responses to the strange situation in infants with disorganized/disoriented attachment relationships L Hertsgaard, M Gunnar, MF Erickson, M Nachmias Child development 66 (4), 1100-1106, 1995 | 697 | 1995 |
| Stress neurobiology and developmental psychopathology MR Gunnar, D Vazquez Developmental Psychopathology: Volume Two: Developmental Neuroscience, 533-577, 2015 | 690 | 2015 |
| Transition to child care: Associations with infant–mother attachment, infant negative emotion, and cortisol elevations L Ahnert, MR Gunnar, ME Lamb, M Barthel Child development 75 (3), 639-650, 2004 | 685 | 2004 |
| I. Children in institutional care: Delayed development and resilience MH Van IJzendoorn, J Palacios, EJS Sonuga-Barke, MR Gunnar, P Vorria, ... Monographs of the Society for research in child development 76 (4), 8-30, 2011 | 632 | 2011 |
| Self-organization in developmental processes: Can systems approaches work? E Thelen Systems and development, 77-117, 2014 | 622 | 2014 |
| Neurodevelopmental effects of early deprivation in postinstitutionalized children SD Pollak, CA Nelson, MF Schlaak, BJ Roeber, SS Wewerka, KL Wiik, ... Child development 81 (1), 224-236, 2010 | 589 | 2010 |