| Literature DB >> 18724010 |
Koichi Takatsuji1, Yoshie Sugimoto, Shoko Ishizaki, Yasuka Ozaki, Etsuko Matsuyama, Yukari Yamaguchi.
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This study aimed to assess the effects of examination stress on salivary cortisol, immunoglobulin A (IgA), and chromogranin A (CgA) in nursing students. Saliva samples were collected from 15 healthy females before and immediately after the one-hour examination, and two hours after the examination. Salivary cortisol, IgA, and CgA concentrations were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Both IgA and CgA concentrations statistically increased immediately after the examination (P < 0.05) and decreased two hours after the examination. No significant differences were observed between before and after the examination in the salivary cortisol concentration. These findings suggest that the acute stress due to the examination is associated with raised salivary IgA and CgA, but not cortisol.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18724010 DOI： 10.2220/biomedres.29.221
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biomed Res ISSN： 0388-6107 Impact factor: 1.203