Salivary α-amylase response to endotoxin administration in humans

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1819-1823

  Grigoleit, Jan Sebastian ^a   Kullmann, Jennifer S ^a   Oberbeck, Reiner ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^a   Engler, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amylase; Autonomic Nervous System; Endotoxin; Inflammation; Lipopolysaccharide; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOTOXIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEVER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AMYLASE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOTOXIN; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENDOTOXINS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; SALIVARY GLANDS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84883654889     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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