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Changes in the protein composition of human saliva associated with model psychological and emotional stress

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The usefulness of individual salivary protein spectra as indicators of resistance to stress is discussed. Analyses of total saliva performed before and after exposure to model stress showed that individual psychological and autonomic reactions correlated with specific changes in the concentrations of certain salivary proteins. Therefore, such an analysis could be useful for the assessment of individual resistance to stress.

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Original Russian Text © I.V. Grigor’ev, I.D. Artamonov, V.V. Lapkovskii, O.S. Glazachev, E.N. Dudnik, A.B. Leonova, 2006, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 87–94.

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Grigor’ev, I.V., Artamonov, I.D., Lapkovskii, V.V. et al. Changes in the protein composition of human saliva associated with model psychological and emotional stress. Hum Physiol 32, 707–713 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119706060144

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