Salivary alpha-Amylases

01/01/2016 - "Future studies should address the role of salivary alpha-amylase depending on the origin of pain, the concerned tissue, and other pain assessment methods."
01/01/2016 - "The current study investigated the effects of acute heat pain on salivary alpha-amylase activity. "
12/01/2023 - "Non-invasive methods such as assessing salivary alpha-amylase (SAA) may aid the practitioner to evaluate the pain intensity. "
12/01/2023 - "Clinical correlation of salivary alpha-amylase levels with pain intensity in patients undergoing emergency endodontic treatment."
01/13/2022 - "The measurement of salivary alpha amylase can be considered an important non-invasive tool for the evaluation of pain-related stress in dogs."

07/01/2012 - "Eluted FP may not be a valid method for collecting salivary alpha amylase in adolescents with cancer. "
07/01/2012 - "Assessing agreement between salivary alpha amylase levels collected by passive drool and eluted filter paper in adolescents with cancer."
01/01/2018 - "Emotion regulation and positive affect in the context of salivary alpha-amylase response to pain in children with cancer."
07/01/2012 - "To assess the validity of filter paper (FP) against the gold standard of passive drool (PD) for collecting salivary alpha amylase as a surrogate biomarker of psychological stress in adolescents with cancer. "
01/01/2020 - "We compared the findings in humans with those from irradiation studies in non-human primates (NHPs).Results: We identified a panel of three protein biomarkers, salivary alpha amylase (AMY1), Flt3 ligand (FLT3L), and monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP1), which are upregulated in human patients receiving fractionated doses of total body irradiation (TBI) therapy as a treatment for cancer. "

11/01/2020 - "Measurement of basal and stress-induced salivary alpha-amylase activity may help to understand autonomic nervous system disturbance in mental disorders. "
01/01/2023 - "Furthermore, we used a poisson regression to examine whether salivary alpha amylase activity (sAA) as a marker of noradrenergic activity and cortisol response to the film, polygenic risk score (PRS) for psychiatric disorders, and psychological factors influence the number of intrusive memories. "
11/01/2018 - "While salivary cortisol (SC) can differentiate between healthy controls and patients with psychiatric disorders, salivary alpha amylase (sAA), may be a putative candidate biomarker for MDD specifically. "
06/01/2013 - "Is salivary alpha-amylase an indicator of autonomic nervous system dysregulations in mental disorders?--a review of preliminary findings and the interactions with cortisol."
01/01/2014 - "We investigate the following key questions: (1) Does laboratory induced exposure to thin ideals (waiting room design) relate to impairments in terms of body image, affect and eating behavior and biological stress response (salivary alpha-amylase, salivary cortisol, heart rate and heart rate variability) in 18 to 35 year old female suffering from anorexia and bulimia nervosa (AN, BN) compared to female healthy controls and to a sample of females suffering from mixed mental disorders (depression, anxiety and somatic symptom disorder (SSD) disorders)? "

04/01/2017 - "No relationship between baseline salivary alpha-amylase and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Score in drug-naïve patients with short-illness-duration first episode major depressive disorder: An exploratory study."
04/01/2017 - "Key words:Salivary alpha-amylase, major depressive disorder, Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression."
03/01/2014 - "Low baseline salivary alpha-amylase in drug-naïve patients with short-illness-duration first episode major depressive disorder."
06/30/2013 - "Evening salivary alpha-amylase, major depressive disorder, and antidepressant use in the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)."
03/30/2012 - "Salivary alpha-amylase and cortisol responsiveness following electrical stimulation stress in major depressive disorder patients."

01/01/2022 - "Salivary Alpha-Amylase Activity and Mild Cognitive Impairment among Japanese Older Adults: The Toon Health Study."
01/01/2022 - "This suggests that salivary alpha-amylase is a useful objective marker of psychological stress responses associated with mild cognitive impairment."
01/01/2022 - "Elevation of salivary alpha-amylase was associated with mild cognitive impairment among Japanese community-dwelling older adults. "
01/01/2022 - "Salivary alpha-amylase was associated with mild cognitive impairment (the multivariable-adjusted odds ratio [95% confidence interval] for the 1-standard deviation increment of log-transformed salivary alpha-amylase was 1.24 [1.07-1.44]). "
01/01/2022 - "To investigate the association between salivary alpha-amylase as an objective measure of psychological stress response and mild cognitive impairment for the implication of psychological stress in the development of mild cognitive impairment. "