The maintenance of balanced oral homeostasis depends on saliva. A readily available and
molecularly rich source of biological fluid, saliva fulfills many functions in the oral cavity …

Highlights•Salivary cortisol and amylase have advanced the understanding of stress
biology.•Salivary inflammation appears to reliably increase following stress.•Salivary S-IgA …

Background Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) is a new, non-invasive
technique being investigated as an intervention for a variety of clinical disorders, including …

Since the seminal work of Walter Cannon, the concept of homeostasis, which he described
as" the coordinated physiological processes which maintain most of the steady states in the …

It has been suggested that central norepinephrine (NE) activity may be inferred from
increases in salivary alpha-amylase (SAA), but data in favor of this proposition are limited …

Objective Mobile phones are increasingly becoming a part of the social environment, and
when individuals feels excluded during a socially stressful situation, they often retreat to the …

Stress changes our social behavior. Traditionally, stress has been associated with “fight-or-
flight”–the tendency to attack an aggressor, or escape the stressor. But stress may also …

Objective β-Adrenergic receptor signaling, a critical mediator of sympathetic nervous system
influences on physiology and behavior, has long been proposed as one contributor to …

The preejection period (PEP) is an index of left ventricle contractility widely used in
psychophysiological research. Its computation requires detecting the moment when the …

The pupil dilation response is sensitive both to listening effort and the emotional significance
of a task. We aimed to assess the influence of evaluative feedback on the pupil dilation …