High and low emotion events influence emotional stress perceptions and are associated with salivary cortisol response changes in a consecutive stress paradigm

Alteration in cortisol response to acute social stressors has been hypothesized to mediate childhood adversities (CA) and increased morbidity in adulthood. However, the evidence supporting an association between CA and cortisol response to social stressors is inconclusive. The present review addressed this issue by reviewing the literature on CA and cortisol response to acute social stressors, with a focus on studies with adolescents or adults, using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) to assess CA, and examining salivary cortisol response to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). Systematic searches of relevant articles in PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science and ScienceDirect in February and March 2020 identified 12 articles including 1196 participants with mean ages ranging from 15.3 to 52.3 yrs. across studies. CTQ scores were significantly associated with cortisol response in 2 studies. In addition, the physical abuse and emotional neglect subscales were associated with cortisol response respectively in 2 separate studies. The lack of association between CA and cortisol response calls for more longitudinal studies, and the use of formal records of maltreatment or informant reports in future research to complement information collected by retrospective measures. In addition, increased attention to biological mechanisms other than that associated with the regulation of cortisol in explaining the connection between CA and psychiatry morbidity is warranted.

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Responses of Lipolysis and Salivary Cortisol to Food Intake and Physical Activity in Lean and Obese Children

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ◽

10.1210/jc.2003-031144 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 89 (9) ◽

pp. 4701-4707 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

A. M. Hershberger ◽

M. R. McCammon ◽

J. P. Garry ◽

M. T. Mahar ◽

R. C. Hickner

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Adipose Tissue ◽

Salivary Cortisol ◽

Exercise Session ◽

Group Differences ◽

Cortisol Response ◽

Glycerol Concentration ◽

Glycerol Release ◽

Obese Children ◽

Prior Exercise

This investigation was conducted to determine whether there were differences in lipolytic responses to feeding and physical activity between lean (LN) and obese (OB) children, and if these responses were related to cortisol. Fourteen LN and 11 OB children participated in this study of abdominal lipolysis and salivary cortisol response to breakfast and lunch with an intervening exercise session. Calculated fasting glycerol release was lower in OB than LN (0.645 ± 0.06 vs. 0.942 ± 0.11 μmol/ml; P < 0.05). Fasting adipose tissue nutritive flow was lower in OB than in LN subjects, but responses to feeding and exercise were not different. Breakfast elicited a decrease in interstitial glycerol concentration in LN (−33%; P < 0.05), but not in OB (−5%), children, although decreases in glycerol concentration in response to lunch were similar (LN, −41%; OB, −36%). An interaction was evident in the salivary cortisol response to breakfast (LN, no change; OB, increase) and exercise (LN, no change; OB, decrease), but there were no group differences in response to lunch. Alterations in salivary cortisol and lipolysis were not related. These data suggest that salivary cortisol and lipolytic responses are not necessarily linked, but are altered in obesity. Furthermore, prior exercise may improve the antilipolytic response to a meal in OB children.

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Perceived control moderates the influence of active coping on salivary cortisol response to acute pain among women but not men

Psychoneuroendocrinology ◽

10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.12.003 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 35 (6) ◽

pp. 944-948 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

S.P. Bento ◽

B.R. Goodin ◽

L.A. Fabian ◽

G.G. Page ◽

N.B. Quinn ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Acute Pain ◽

Salivary Cortisol ◽

Perceived Control ◽

Active Coping ◽

Cortisol Response

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Salivary Cortisol Response to Different Dental Treatments in Kermanian Patients

Journal of Medical Sciences(Faisalabad) ◽

10.3923/jms.2006.55.58 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 55-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

G. Chamani . ◽

A. Gholamhoseinian . ◽

A. Hedayat .

Keyword(s):

Salivary Cortisol ◽

Cortisol Response

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Cortisol Response of Sows to Alternative Farrowing Systems

Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) ◽

10.1017/s0308229600025952 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 1994 ◽

pp. 44-44

Author(s):

A.R. Rudd ◽

M.T. Mendl ◽

D.M. Broom ◽

P.H. Simmins

Keyword(s):

Salivary Cortisol ◽

Physiological Response ◽

Farm Animals ◽

Cortisol Response ◽

Lactating Sows ◽

Two Systems

Variation in circulating Cortisol is often used as an indicator of stress in farm animals. In this study the variation in baseline salivary Cortisol of farrowing and lactating sows was examined, to assess their physiological response to three different farrowing systems. It was part of a larger project examining alternative farrowing systems.Three farrowing systems in neighbouring rooms were compared. In two systems the sows were loose-housed and could move freely: five strawed pens (2.5m x 1.5m) with farrowing rail (Pen), and five crates modified to allow the sows to walk through (Free Crate). Sows had access via a passageway to a transponder-controlled feeder and a north facing outside area with two water drinkers.

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