Salivary Bioscience News

Salivary Uric Acid May Be Associated with Cardiovascular Health Risks in African Americans

Salivary uric acid: Associations with resting and reactive blood pressure response to social evaluative stress in healthy African Americans. Author: Woerner J, et al. (2018), Psychoneuroendocrinology. ABSTRACT: High levels of uric acid are associated with greater risk of stress-related cardiovascular illnesses that occur disproportionately among African Americans. Whether hyperuricemia affects biological response to acute stress remains largely […]

Postdoctoral Scholar Employment Opportunity at UCI’s IISBR

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR) at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a non-tenure track appointment as a Postdoctoral Scholar. The initial position will be for a two-year period. The position is grant funding and may be renewed annually. The Scholar will work with an interdisciplinary team to analyze and […]

Salivary Hormonal Responses Related to Menstrual Cycle

Menstrual cycle phase predicts women’s hormonal responses to sexual stimuli. Author: Shirazi TN, et al. (2018), Horm Behav. ABSTRACT: A robust body of research has demonstrated shifts in women’s sexual desire and arousal across the menstrual cycle, with heightened desire and arousal coincident with heightened probability of conception (POC), and it is likely that ovarian hormones modulate […]

Salivary Estradiol Corresponds to Genetic Influences for Binge Eating in Pubescent Girls

Estrogen moderates genetic influences on binge eating during puberty: Disruption of normative processes? Author: Klump KL, et al. (2018) , J Abnorm Psychol. ABSTRACT: Puberty is a critical period for changes in genetic effects for binge eating in girls. Previous twin studies show increases in genetic influences on binge eating from prepuberty (∼0%) to midpuberty and […]

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 the integration of the two main branches of the stress response system: the autonomic nervous system (via salivary alpha-amylase, sAA) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (via cortisol). Mothers (n = 117) were […]

Salivary Stress Biomarkers as Tools for Determining Stress Adaptability and Resilience

Measuring Resilience to Operational Stress in Canadian Armed Forces Personnel. Authors: Hellewell SC & Cernak I (2018), J Trauma Stress. ABSTRACT: Adaptability to stress is governed by innate resilience, comprised of complex neuroendocrine and immune mechanisms alongside inherited or learned behavioral traits. Based on their capacity to adapt, some people thrive in stressful situations, whereas others […]

Salimetrics Celebrates 20 Years of Partnership with Salivary Bioscience

Employment Opportunity: IISBR Postdoctoral Scholar

Recruitment Period Open September 20th, 2018 through October 20th, 2018 If you apply to this recruitment by October 20th, 2018, you will have until October 22nd, 2018 to complete your application. Description The Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR) at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a non-tenure track appointment as a […]

Saliva Collection Aid: How to Collect the Best Saliva Samples

Employment Opportunity in the Department of Psychology – Biopsychosocial Science of Health at UCLA

UCLA Department of Psychology – Biopsychosocial Science of Health search The UCLA Department of Psychology seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured early Associate Professor in the Biopsychosocial Science of Health. We are interested in applicants who are pursuing innovative and collaborative biopsychosocial research on the dynamic interactions among psychological, social, behavioral, and […]

Salivary Secretory Immunoglobulin A (SIgA) Associations with Social Network Structures

Associations between Secretory Immunoglobulin A and Social Network Structure. Author: Kornienko O, et al. (2018). PURPOSE: This study investigates the social determinants of health by examining how mucosal immunity is associated with the patterning of social connections in a network. Studies have suggested that social networks have biological underpinnings, but investigations at the scale of […]

Study Finds Salivary Uric Acid May Be an Important Biomarker for Indexing Health & Disease Risk

HPA Axis Attunement May Serve a Bonding Function within Women’s Close Friendships

The Role of Co-Rumination and Adrenocortical Attunement in Young Women’s Close Friendships. Author: Rankin A, et al. (2018), Psychoneuroendocrinology. ABSTRACT: Attunement, or synchrony, of behavior and physiology has been well documented in family, mother-child, and romantic relationships.  This study aimed to determine whether attunement of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis occurs in women’s close friendships, and […]

Relationship Between Salivary Cytokines and Household Fear of Deportation in Mexican-Origin Families

Household fear of deportation in relation to chronic stressors and salivary proinflammatory cytokines in Mexican-origin families post-SB 1070 Author: Martínez AD, et al. (2018), SSM – Population Health. ABSTRACT: Sociologists recognize that immigration enforcement policies are forms of institutionalized racism that can produce adverse health effects in both undocumented and documented Latinos and Mexican-origin persons in […]

The Utility of Salivary Cotinine as a Biomarker for Adolescent Smoke Exposure

Examining the Validity of Self-reported Primary and Secondary Exposure to Cigarette Smoke in Adolescent Girls: The Utility of Salivary Cotinine as a Biomarker. Author: Beal SJ, et al. (2018), Subst Use Misuse. BACKGROUND: Studies of cigarette use and exposure often rely on either self-report or cotinine assay. In adolescence it is not clear how well assays […]