Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundStress responsiveness is mediated through sympathetic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation. The gold standard investigation is the plasma catecholamine and cortisol response to the insulin tolerance test (ITT). This is invasive, and the use of salivary surrogates for stress responses would be a great advance.ObjectiveDemonstrate whether salivary alpha-amylase is a potential surrogate m...