Determinants of salivary alpha-amylase in humans and methodological considerations

Autor(en)

Nicolas Rohleder, Urs Markus Nater

Abstrakt

Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) has been proposed as a marker for activity of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). Recent studies in support of this hypothesis have led to an increased number of researchers integrating amylase measurements into their study designs. Salivary alpha-amylase is produced locally in the salivary glands, controlled by the autonomic nervous system. This entails some methodological consequences and potential pitfalls that might lead to increased error variance and thus prevent successful testing of hypotheses. The goal of this review is to summarize basic and recent findings on methodological issues and potential factors influencing sAA measurement, and to derive a set of recommendations enabling researchers to successfully using sAA in psychoneuroendocrinological experiments.

Organisation(en)

Externe Organisation(en)

Brandeis University, Universität Zürich (UZH)

Journal

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Band

34

Seiten

469-485

Anzahl der Seiten

17

ISSN

0306-4530

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.12.004

Publikationsdatum

2009

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501010 Klinische Psychologie

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/abc3cbd4-50ae-45f6-b8f0-136ab2907a9f