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Salivary Oxytocin and Testosterone Show Opposite Changes During Experimental Empathy Induction
Experimental empathy induction promotes oxytocin increases and testosterone decreases. Author: Nadia H. Agha, et al. (2019) J Appl Physiol. Oxytocin and testosterone coordinate adaptive social behaviors with stimuli in the environment. Administration of oxytocin and testosterone is associated with increased and reduced indicators of empathy, respectively, but how levels of these hormones are jointly affected […]
Spaceflight Immune Dysregulation Alters Stress-Related Biomarkers and Antimicrobial Proteins in Saliva
Salivary antimicrobial protein and stress biomarkers are elevated during a 6-month mission to the International Space Station. Author: Nadia H. Agha, et al. (2019) J Appl Physiol. ABSTRACT: As the international space community plans for manned missions to Mars, spaceflight associated immune dysregulation has been identified as a potential risk to the health and safety […]
Learn from the experts: “Salivary Bioscience Foundations of Interdisciplinary Saliva Research and Applications”
(April 14, 2020) This new reference guide, featuring valuable contributions from leading experts and Salimetrics researchers, is the first comprehensive overview of salivary bioscience and its use in basic, applied, and clinical research with a core focus on salivary gland anatomy, research and diagnostic methods, collection, analysis, and interpretation of salivary data. Foundations also covers [...]
Husbandry Conditions May Impact Equine Welfare
Effects of breed, management and personality on cortisol reactivity in sport horses. Author: Sauer FJ, et al. ( 2019), PLoS one. ABSTRACT: Sport horses need to fulfill high physical and psychological requirements during training and competition. These as well as certain conditions of modern husbandry may affect their wellbeing. Here we aimed to (1) evaluate […]
Salimetrics’ Growing List of Cytokines Which Can Be Reliably Tested in Saliva Now Includes IL-17A, IL-5, and IL-7 for Fast, Easy Salivary Biomarker Analysis
(April 1, 2020) Salimetrics brings better methods to cytokine research with the addition of 3 new analytes, IL-5, IL-7, and IL-17A, which can now be reliably measured in saliva. These new cytokine tests are available as part of the Salimetrics SalivaLab’s Extended Cytokine Panel. Now, up to 12 prominent cytokines that regulate chronic and acute [...]
Douglas Granger selected as Faculty Innovation Fellow
UCI Beall Applied Innovation names IISBR director as inaugural fellow Douglas A. Granger, director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research and Chancellor’s Professor of Psychological Science, has been selected as one of UCI’s inaugural Faculty Innovation Fellows by the university’s Beall Applied Innovation. The two-year appointment comes with a $5,000 stipend, and Granger […]
How to Collect the Best Saliva Samples for Saliva Testing
(March 6, 2020) SalivaBio’s Saliva Collection Aid, exclusively from Salimetrics, is the gold standard for saliva collection. The Saliva Collection Aid simplifies the collection of saliva bio-specimens, reduces participant burden, increases compliance and delivers an ideal sample for testing. The Saliva Collection Aid (SCA), exclusively available through Salimetrics, is a medical device used to facilitate [...]
Salivary Oxytocin Featured on Netflix’s Docuseries “Babies”
Salivary Oxytocin was recently featured in Netflix’s newly released docuseries “Babies” – currently trending. One segment in the series highlights the effect babies have on motherhood and fatherhood through salivary oxytocin levels. World renowned expert Ruth Feldman, Ph.D., Simms-Mann Professor of Developmental Social Neuroscience at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzlia with joint appointment at Yale […]
Salimetrics Launches New Salivary Human Total Immunoglobulin G (IgG) ELISA Kit to Support Multidisciplinary Investigators in Serological Studies
(January 28, 2020) A multi-functional Salivary Total Human IgG ELISA Kit critical to research for sample qualification where oral fluid is used in serological and infectious disease research is now available to investigators. This flexible salivary assay kit provides a much-needed measure of total IgG a means to quantify and index a salivary sample used [...]
Child Maltreatment Impacts Diurnal Cortisol
Child Maltreatment and Mother-Child Transmission of Stress Physiology Author: Hibel LC, et al. (2019), Child Maltreatment. ABSTRACT: Background Advancing understanding of the developmental origins of neuroendocrine-immune (NEI) functioning is key to elucidating the biological mechanisms involved in health and disease risk across the lifespan. This study examined whether prenatal maternal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity moderates child […]
Prenatal Maternal HPA Activity May Moderate NEI Functioning in Young Children
Long-Term Associations Between Prenatal Maternal Cortisol and Child Neuroendocrine-Immune Regulation Author: Riis J, et al. (2019), International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. ABSTRACT: Background Advancing understanding of the developmental origins of neuroendocrine-immune (NEI) functioning is key to elucidating the biological mechanisms involved in health and disease risk across the lifespan. This study examined whether prenatal maternal […]
Salimetrics Releases New Salivary Osteocalcin Test to Support Interdisciplinary Research
(November 7, 2019) A new Salimetrics' SalivaLab test is now available for investigators to expand discovery in Salivary Bioscience. Osteocalcin (OCN, OC), also known as Bone Gamma-Carboxyglutamic Acid-Containing Protein (BGLAP), is a novel biomarker that researchers have linked to stress, sports performance, metabolic regulation, brain development, cognition, and periodontitis. Today, Salimetrics' SalivaLab released a Salivary [...]
Postdoctoral Scholar Employment Opportunity at Pennsylvania State University
The laboratory of Rina Das Eiden (Development, Risk, and Resilience Lab) at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral position. The key aim of our research is to understand risk and resilience processes among children of substance using parents and early intervention with this population. Research conducted in our lab use an interdisciplinary […]
Salimetrics Expands Salivary Cytokine Testing Service for Fast, Easy Salivary Biomarker Analysis
(October 16, 2019) Salimetrics brings better methods to salivary cytokine research with the addition of IFN-gamma, IL-2, IL-10, IL-12p70, and IL-13 to its testing service. Researchers can add any or all of these cytokines to the popular, core Salimetrics’ Salivary Cytokine Panel (IL-1 Beta, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-Alpha), all tested using the same sample with [...]
Cognitive Reappraisal of Negative emotions may be related to salivary E2 and DLFPC Activity
A preliminary study of association between adolescent estradiol level and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity during emotion regulation Author: Chung Y, et al. (2019), Psychoneuroendocrinology. ABSTRACT: Non-human primate models have been useful in clarifying estradiol’s role in cognitive processing. These animal studies indicate estradiol impacts cognitive processes supported by regions within dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Although […]