Salivary alpha amylase as marker for adrenergic activity during stress: Effect of beta blockade
Not exact matches
Cortisol and
salivary alpha -
amylase are secreted in response to outside pressure or tension.
Effects of early life experience on cortisol /
salivary alpha -
amylase symmetry in free - ranging juvenile rhesus monkeys [abstract].
These enzymes are secreted by
salivary glands (
alpha -
amylase and lingual lipase), the stomach (pepsinogen, gelatinase and gastric lipase), the pancreas (
alpha -
amylase, lipase, trypsinogen and chymotrysinogen), and the small bowel (disaccharidases, intestinal lipase and erepsin protease).
Another study in humans uncovered how the
salivary enzyme
alpha -
amylase indicates stress - reactive bodily changes.
The pancreas and
salivary glands produce
Alpha -
amylase, and it is also found in the small intestine, ovaries, placenta, liver and fallopian tubes.
Salivary alpha -
amylase activity — An indicator of relaxation response in perioperative patients
Stress - induced changes in human
salivary alpha -
amylase activity — Associations with adrenergic activity
Salivary alpha -
amylase and cortisol responsiveness following electrically stimulated physical stress in bipolar disorder patients
Results:
Salivary oxytocin was enhanced both early and late in the intervention group and
alpha amylase was reduced at post treatment in intervention group husbands and wives relative to controls.
a secondary data analysis of a randomized controlled Taiji trial that significantly lowered stress reactivity of
salivary cortisol and
alpha -
amylase in a Taiji group (n = 26) compared to a control group (n = 23).
The changes in the levels of
salivary alpha -
amylase suggest that the reactivity to stress was decreased after the eight - week group intervention.»
Chronic stress and stress reactivity have been found associated with increased levels of
salivary [
alpha]-
amylase.
Keywords: Taiji, mindfulness, psychosocial stress, stress reactivity,
salivary cortisol,
salivary alpha -
amylase
Participants in the Taiji group with higher trait - mindfulness showed a lower
salivary alpha -
amylase stress reactivity, while in the control group higher trait - mindfulness was associated with higher
alpha -
amylase stress reactivity.
Methods: We conducted a secondary data analysis of a randomized controlled Taiji trial that significantly lowered stress reactivity of
salivary cortisol and
alpha -
amylase in a Taiji group (n = 26) compared to a control group (n = 23).
Sex differences in
salivary cortisol,
alpha -
amylase, and psychological functioning following Hurricane Katrina