Salivary Stress Biomarkers May be a Useful Tool for Determining the Risk of Stress Maladaptation
Measuring Resilience to Operational Stress in Canadian Armed Forces Personnel. Author: Hellewll 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 […]
Disorganized attachment in infants associated with elevated salivary CRP
Increased levels of inflammation among infants with disorganized histories of attachment Author: Measelle JR, et al. (2017), Behavioural Brain Research Early life adversity is associated with adult elevations of inflammatory markers such as circulating levels of C-reactive protein (CRP). Few studies have examined inflammation levels during infancy nor the associations between sources of adversity and […]