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Salivary alpha-amylase response to pain in children with cancer
April 5, 2018Emotion regulation and positive affect in the context of salivary alpha-amylase response to pain in children with cancer Author: Jenkins BN, et al (2017), Pediatric Blood & Cancer BACKGROUND: Children with cancer routinely undergo painful medical procedures invoking strong physiological stress responses. Resilience to this pain may be conferred through resources such as emotion regulation […]
Salimetrics New Website Offers New Study Plan / Quote Builder
March 23, 2018(March 23, 2016) Salimetrics, the world’s leading salivary bioscience resource provider, launches new website to better support the growing salivary bioscience community. Earlier today, Salimetrics launched a new, redesigned website, rebuilt to align the support researchers need with the steps researchers go through when performing salivary bioscience research. “As we continue to grow with the [...]
Salimetrics’ New, Smaller Packaging – Better for the Environment and Reduces Customer Costs
March 21, 2018(March 8, 2018) A simple, single box can deliver more value to customers. Salimetrics' mission is to produce relevant, high quality assays designed specifically for Salivary Bioscience. Researchers and Diagnostic labs know they can depend on Salimetrics assays to be the best choice. But sometimes, something as simple as a box can have value to [...]
Registration Now Open – ISPNE Conference Irvine 2018
Dear ISPNE members and fellow colleagues, We are thrilled to announce that the website and registration for 48th ISPNE Annual Conference, “Diversity, Health, and Resilience: Taking Science Beyond Discoveries,” is now live! http://www.ispne.net/annual-conference/ The conference will be hosted by the University of California, Irvine, located in beautiful Southern California! The meeting is a wonderful time […]
Maternal salivary testosterone in pregnancy and fetal neuromaturation.
Maternal salivary testosterone in pregnancy and fetal neuromaturation Author: Voegtline KM, et al (2017), Developmental Psychobiology Testosterone exposure during pregnancy has been hypothesized as a mechanism for sex differences in brain and behavioral development observed in the postnatal period. The current study documents the natural history of maternal salivary testosterone from 18 weeks gestation of […]
Salivary bioscience supports pre-clinical evaluation of new medical device
Preclinical evaluation of the effect of the combined use of the Ethicon Securestrap® Open Absorbable Strap Fixation Device and Ethicon Physiomesh™ Open Flexible Composite Mesh Device on surgeon stress during ventral hernia repair. Author: Sutton N, et al. (2017), Dove Press Aim: To evaluate whether performing ventral hernia repairs using the Ethicon Physiomesh™ Open Flexible […]
Measuring salivary melatonin in children and adolescents
In-home salivary melatonin collection: Methodology for children and adolescents Author: Mandrell BN, et al (2017), Developmental Psychobiology In-home salivary collection quality and adherence to a prescribed collection methodology for evaluation of dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) is unknown in children. Primary aims of this study were to 1) describe a novel family centered methodology for […]
Salivary cortisol, prematurity and developmental implications
January 12, 2018Prematurity and perinatal adversity effects hypothalamic – pituitary – adrenal axis reactivity to social evaluative threat in adulthood. Author: Sullivan MC, et al. (2017), Developmental Psychology This study examined the long- term effects of prematurity and perinatal adversity on individual differences in stress- related reactivity and regulation of the HPA axis. A prospective sample of […]
Measuring salivary cortisol levels in domestic canines
A systematic review and meta-analysis of salivary cortisol measurement in domestic canines Author: Cobb M, et al (2016), Domestic animal endocrinology Highlights Systematic review and meta- analysis determined reference range for salivary cortisol in dogs There is a large amount of intraindividual and interindividual variability Salivary cortisol concentrations might relate to subject, environment, or experimental […]
Salivary DHEA-S, Cortisol show emotional & neuroendocrine response in relation to Telomere Length
Telomere Length and Procedural Justice Predict Stress Reactivity Responses to Unfair Outcomes in African Americans. Author: Lucas T, et al. (2017), Psychoneuroendocrinology Highlights TL predicts how psychosocial factors influence acute stress responses. Stress resiliency reflects telomere and procedural justice congruence. Considering TL as a predictor can advance understanding of racial health disparities. View Abstract Keywords: […]