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New Salimetrics Salivary Cytokine Panel Advances Research with One, Small Saliva Sample.
November 10, 2016New Salimetrics Salivary Cytokine Panel Advances Research with One, Small Saliva Sample. ((November 10, 2016) Salimetrics, the salivary bioscience company, today announced their latest offering in cutting edge salivary research with Salimetrics’ Salivary Cytokine Panel. The new cytokine panel measures IL-1 beta, IL-6, IL-8 & TNF-Alpha concentrations simultaneously using a single, 100 µl saliva sample [...]
Salivary uric acid modulates stress-related hippocampal activity
November 3, 2016The hippocampal response to psychosocial stress varies with salivary uric acid level Author: Goodman AM, et al (2016), Neuroscience. Uric acid is a naturally occurring, endogenous compound that impacts mental health. In particular, uric acid levels are associated with emotion-related psychopathology (e.g., anxiety and depression). Therefore, understanding uric acid’s impact on the brain would provide […]
Study demonstrates combined effects of salivary cortisol & DHEA-S in predicting depressive symptoms
October 24, 2016Concurrent and prospective associations between HPA axis activity and depression symptoms in newlywed women Author: Ge F, et al (2016), Psychoneuroendocrinology. We investigated the extent to which individual differences in activity of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA) are associated with depressive symptoms among newlywed couples. Participants were 218 couples (M age 28.4 years; 94% […]
Salimetrics Supports Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR) Event
October 20, 2016Salimetrics’ CEO, Hans Schroeder, recently attended a special presentation by Dr. Douglas Granger to celebrate the launch of the new Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The event was attended by Orange County and UCI community members who came to hear about the history and recent advances […]
Cortisol reactivity attenuates the association between PDE and behavioral problems
October 14, 2016Prenatal Drug Exposure and Adolescent Cortisol Reactivity: Association with Behavioral Concerns. Author: Buckingham-Howes S, et al (2016), J Dev Behav Pediatr OBJECTIVE: To examine stress reactivity in a sample of adolescents with prenatal drug exposure (PDE) by examining the consequences of PDE on stress-related adrenocortical reactivity, behavioral problems, and drug experimentation during adolescence. CONCLUSION: Findings […]
SalivaBio’s Saliva Collection Aid Receives Patent Approval
September 28, 2016SalivaBio’s Saliva Collection Aid Receives Patent Approval (September 25, 2016) SalivaBio, LLC, developers of innovative, easy to use saliva collection devices, and Johns Hopkins University announced today that they have received final approval from the United States Patent Office for their Saliva Collection Aid (SCA). The Saliva Collection Aid simplifies the collection of passive drool [...]
Stress Physiology in Infancy and Early Childhood: Cortisol Flexibility, Attunement and Coordination
September 20, 2016Long-term stability of diurnal salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase secretion patterns Author: Atkinson L, et al (2016), J Neuroendocrinol Research on stress physiology in infancy has assumed increasing importance due to its lifelong implications. In this review, we focus on measurement of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function, in particular, and on complementary autonomic processes. We suggest that the […]
Testosterone levels impair emotion-recognition ability during test
September 8, 2016Testosterone reduces functional connectivity during the ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ Test. Author: Bos PA, et al (2016), Psychoneuroendocrinology. Women on average outperform men in cognitive-empathic abilities, such as the capacity to infer motives from the bodily cues of others, which is vital for effective social interaction. The steroid hormone testosterone is thought to […]
Salimetrics Supports Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study with Salivary Bioscience
August 25, 2016Salimetrics Supports Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study with Salivary Bioscience Salimetrics is supporting the largest National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored research project focused on brain development and adolescent health with efficient, participant-centric biological data from saliva samples. As part of its mission to support scientific studies that turn discovery into better health, the [...]
Identifying sampling schemes to capture key salivary cortisol responses
August 19, 2016Balancing Scientific Accuracy and Participant Burden: Testing the Impact of Sampling Intensity on Diurnal Cortisol Indices. Author: Hoyt LT, et al (2016), Stress. Despite the increasing popularity of incorporating salivary cortisol measurement into health and social science research, relatively little empirical work has been conducted on the number of saliva samples across the day required […]