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Apr 16
Sleep problems predict cortisol reactivity to stress in urban adolescents
Background: This study examined the role of sleep problems and sleep duration on stress-related HPA axis reactivity among urban, low...
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Apr 16
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Salivary Bioscience Laboratory (UNL SBL) Joins the Salivary Research Community
We’re proud to add the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Salivary Bioscience Laboratory (UNL SBL) to our network of affiliate institutions. The...
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Apr 16
Infant adrenocortical reactivity and behavioral functioning: Relation to early exposure to maternal intimate partner violence.
Background: Prenatal stress negatively affects fetal development, which in turn may affect infant hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis regulation and behavioral...
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Apr 16
Measuring Nerve Growth Factor in Saliva by Immunoassay: A Cautionary Note
Background: Nerve growth factor (NGF), a neurotrophin, modulates a diverse set of physiologic processes in the nervous, immune, and endocrine...
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Apr 16
Latent trait cortisol (LTC) during pregnancy: Composition, continuity, change, and concomitants.
Background: Individual differences in the activity of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis are often operationalized using summary measures of...
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Apr 16
Salivary Bioscience goes to….Mars?
Well, not exactly. It actually just went to a remote location on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano, where an 8-month simulated...
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Apr 16
Common oxytocin receptor gene variant interacts with rejection sensitivity to influence cortisol reactivity during negative evaluation
Background: The study tested the hypothesis that variation in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR rs53576) and self-report of rejection sensitivity...
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Apr 16
Emotional Reactivity and Parenting Sensitivity Interact to Predict Cortisol Output in Toddlers.
Background: Cortisol output in response to emotion induction procedures was examined at child age 24 months in a prospective longitudinal...
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Apr 16
Gerry Giesbrecht, PhD, Receives Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grants
IISBR faculty affiliate Dr. Gerry Giesbrecht recently leveraged his in-depth expertise and research experience to obtain two major Canadian health...
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Apr 16
Salivary Uric Acid analysis now available through IISBR bioanalytical assay services
This week, Salivary Uric Acid was introduced as the newest addition to the IISBR saliva test menu. Investigators now have...
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