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Salivary Cortisol Awakening Response in Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians
…sample was classified as compliant (defined as <15 min deviation from target sampling times) across both days. Compliance decreased to 31% when compliance criteria were refined to <5 min deviation;…
Salivary Cortisol Associated with Stress and Sleep Patterns in Military Men
…workdays upon waking (WAKE), WAKE+30 min, WAKE+60 min, 4 p.m., and 9 p.m. in a nondeployed, free-living setting. Resting BP was measured manually, and sleep-wake periods were objectively derived using…
Measuring salivary transferrin to determine blood contamination levels
…& METHODS: Saliva and serum samples were collected from 38 healthy, medication-free women (mean age=33.8±7.3yr.; range=19-45). Serum and salivary hormonal levels and the amount of transferrin in saliva samples were…
Assessment of the Relationship Between Behavioral and Physiological Parameters and the Emotional Valence and Arousal in Dogs
Evaluation of indicators of acute emotional states in dogs Flint, H. E et al. 2024 Scientific Reports ABSTRACT: Background: A complete assessment of animal welfare requires not just an understanding…
Salivary Cotinine Suggests Infants from Low-Income Families have a Higher Smoke Exposure Risk
…have examined biomarkers of exposure (cotinine) in children under age 4 years. This study examines the magnitude and chronicity of exposure across early childhood among children from low-income families in…
Salivary cortisol provides additional diagnostic value during ACTH1-24 stimulation test
…but is easier to measure and widely available in commercial laboratories. The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of measuring salivary cortisol during the ACTH1-24 stimulation test….
Young Children From Low-income Non-urban Families May Have an Increased Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
…studies have examined biomarkers of exposure (cotinine) in children under age 4 years. This study examines the magnitude and chronicity of exposure across early childhood among children from low-income families…
Assessing Maternal Control Strategies Through Infant-Mother Salivary Cortisol Levels
…mother’s practices used to impel, inhibit, guide, or shape their children’s behaviors during mother-child interaction. The present study examined control strategies used by Chinese urban mothers and how they associated…
SBB – Improving Saliva Study Results
Drop Date: November 2010
In This Drop: Ensuring Accurate and Reproducible Salivary Bioscience
Salivary Cortisol and Alpha-Amylase Connection in Mother-Infant Interactions
Ecologically salient stressors and supports and the coordination of cortisol and salivary alpha-amylase in mothers and infants. Author: Hibel LC, et al. (2018), Physiology and Behavior. ABSTRACT: This study examines…
Salivary Cortisol
Cortisol (hydrocortisone, Compound F) is the major glucocorticosteroid hormone produced in the adrenal cortex. Cortisol is actively involved in the regulation of calcium absorption, blood pressure maintenance, anti-inflammatory function, gluconeogenesis,…
Salivary Insulin
…insulin levels. Prolonged deficiencies in insulin regulation have been linked to a myriad of health risks, including metabolic syndrome, obesity, diabetes mellitus, water bloating, high blood pressure, endocrine dysfunctions and…
Zoom Webinar: Christopher D. Heaney, PhD., Johns Hopkins University – Using a Multiplex Salivary Antibody Assay to Measure SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination at Population-Scale
…on the development and utility of a saliva-based multiplex SARS-CoV-2 antibody immunoassay based on Luminex technology that comprised 12 CoV antigens, mostly derived from SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) and spike (S)….
Evaluating Salivary Uric Acid and Stress Hormones Using the Trier Social Stress Test
…has shown that UA is responsive to acute social stress. However, an examination of the relationships between the purinergic system and other commonly measured stress systems is lacking. Here, we…
Dried Blood Spots
…with the expected performance standards established by experts in the field. Figure 1. Method comparison between samples of whole blood and matched DBS using the BioRad D10 analyzer to measure…