Psychological stress and the human immune system: a meta-analytic study of 30 years of inquiry.

SC Segerstrom, GE Miller - Psychological bulletin, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
The present report meta-analyzes more than 300 empirical articles describing a relationship
between psychological stress and parameters of the immune system in human participants …

[PDF][PDF] Position statement part one: immune function and exercise.

NP Walsh, M Gleeson, RJ Shephard… - Exercise immunology …, 2011 - eir-isei.de
An ever-growing volume of peer-reviewed publications speaks to the recent and rapid
growth in both scope and understanding of exercise immunology. Indeed, more than 95% of …

Self-determination theory and diminished functioning: The role of interpersonal control and psychological need thwarting

KJ Bartholomew, N Ntoumanis… - Personality and …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing from self-determination theory, three studies explored the social-environmental
conditions that satisfy versus thwart psychological needs and, in turn, affect psychological …

Salivary functions in mastication, taste and textural perception, swallowing and initial digestion

AML Pedersen, CE Sørensen, GB Proctor… - Oral …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Saliva exerts multiple functions in relation to the initial digestive processes taking place in
the upper parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Ingestion of food and beverages, in turn, is a …

Psychosocial stress‐induced activation of salivary alpha‐amylase: an indicator of sympathetic activity?

N Rohleder, UM Nater, JM Wolf, U Ehlert… - Annals of the New …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Assessment of sympathoadrenal medullary system (SAM) activity is only possible to date via
measurement of catecholamines in blood plasma or via electrophysiological methods. Both …

α-Amylase as a reliable and convenient measure of sympathetic activity: don't start salivating just yet!

JA Bosch, ECI Veerman, EJ de Geus… - …, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen a growing interest in salivary α-amylase (sAA) as a non-invasive
marker for sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity. Saliva offers many advantages as a …

Consensus statement immunonutrition and exercise.

S Bermon, LM Castell, PC Calder… - Exercise …, 2017 - researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk
In this consensus statement on immunonutrition and exercise, a panel of knowledgeable
contributors from across the globe provides a consensus of updated science, including the …

[PDF][PDF] Salivary IgA as a risk factor for upper respiratory infections in elite professional athletes

V Neville, M Gleeson, JP Folland - 2008 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The relationship between physiological and psychological stress and immune function is
widely recognised; however, there is little evidence to confirm a direct link between …

The psychosocial stress‐induced increase in salivary alpha‐amylase is independent of saliva flow rate

N Rohleder, JM Wolf, EF Maldonado… - …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The stress response of salivary alpha‐amylase (sAA) has been suggested as an index for
sympathetic nervous system activation. However, concurrent inhibition of the …

Acute stress responses in salivary alpha-amylase predict increases of plasma norepinephrine

MV Thoma, C Kirschbaum, JM Wolf, N Rohleder - Biological psychology, 2012 - Elsevier
Current biobehavioral research increasingly employs salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) as a
surrogate marker for sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity. While different lines of …