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Feb 18
An exploratory analysis of the joint contribution of HPA axis activation and motivation to early adolescent depressive symptoms.
is study examines the interactive contribution of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and approach-avoidance motivation systems to longitudinal changes in...
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10
Feb 18
Employment Opportunity: Assistant or Associate Professor @ UNL
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and its Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior (CB3) invite applications for...
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23
Jan 18
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.
To evaluate whether performing ventral hernia repairs using the Ethicon Physiomesh™ in conjunction with the Ethicon Securestrap® reduces surgical time and surgeon stress levels, compared with....
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19
Nov 17
Prematurity and perinatal adversity effects hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity to social evaluative threat in adulthood.
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...
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8
Oct 17
Telomere length and procedural justice predict stress reactivity responses to unfair outcomes in African Americans.
This experiment demonstrates that chromosomal telomere length (TL) moderates response to injustice among African Americans.
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26
Sep 17
Rina Das Eiden, PhD., and Maggie O’Haire, PhD., join extensive list of Faculty Affiliates at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research.
The IISBR's scientific network of salivary bioscience researchers continues to build momentum through increasing multidisciplinary research expertise. Recently, Rina Das Eiden, PhD., an expert on prenatal and postnatal consequences of alcohol, cocaine and cigarette use by parents, and Maggie O’Haire, PhD., an expert on the unique and pervasive effects of interactions with animals, joined the IISBR as Faculty Affiliates.
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18
Sep 17
Measurement of cortisol in saliva: a comparison of measurement error within and between international academic-research laboratories.
In established-qualified laboratories, measurement error of salivary cortisol is minimal, and inter-laboratory differences in measurement are unlikely to have a major influence on the determined values.
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9
Sep 17
Individual differences in early adolescents’ latent trait cortisol: Interaction of early adversity and 5-HTTLPR
Background: The present study aimed to examine the interaction of 5-HTTLPR and early adversity on trait-like levels of cortisol. A...
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22
Aug 17
New Collaborative Research at the Naval Health Research Center
Our new IISBR Faculty (Kate and Jenna and Beth) and the IISBR staff traveled with Dr. Granger to visit the Naval Health Research Center in Pt Loma, CA. The UCI team spent the day with Dr. Marc Taylor's research...
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13
Aug 17
Long-Term Effects of Prematurity, Cumulative Medical Risk, and Proximal and Distal Social Forces on Individual Differences in Diurnal Cortisol at Young Adulthood.
Background: This study examined the effects of prematurity, cumulative medical risk, and proximal and distal social forces on individual differences...
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