[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the effects of skin-to-skin contact on biomarkers of stress in preterm infants and parents

D Forde, ML Fang, C Miaskowski - Advances in Neonatal Care, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Premature infants and their parents experience significant stress related to
separation and lifesaving procedures. While evidence suggests that skin-to-skin contact …

[HTML][HTML] Salivary cortisol, but not oxytocin, varies with social challenges in domestic pigs: implications for measuring emotions

LR Moscovice, U Gimsa, W Otten… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Animals respond to inherently rewarding or punishing stimuli with changes in core affective
states, which can be investigated with the aid of appropriate biomarkers. In this study we …

Is snoozing losing? Why intermittent morning alarms are used and how they affect sleep, cognition, cortisol, and mood

T Sundelin, S Landry, J Axelsson - Journal of Sleep Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pressing the snooze button is a common way to start the day, but little is known about this
behaviour. Through two studies we determined predictors and effects of snoozing. In Study 1 …

Oxytocin and vasopressin in male forensic psychiatric patients with personality disorders and healthy controls

YR Berends, JHM Tulen, AI Wierdsma… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Oxytocin and vasopressin are neuropeptides implicated as modulators of human aggressive
behavior. In animal models, administration of oxytocin generally attenuates aggressive …

[HTML][HTML] A mixed method approach to post-awakening cortisol research: exploring associations with post-awakening melatonin, primary open-angle glaucoma and …

N Ramachandran - 2023 - westminsterresearch.westminster.ac …
The non-invasive, ecologically valid, measurement of post awakening cortisol secretion
(PACS) in saliva tissue has greatly informed literature within the …

Larger Average Cortisol Awakening Response Is Associated with Poorer Executive Function and Processing Speed in Healthy Adolescents

JM Van Dam, MR Goldsworthy, MA Short… - Available at SSRN …, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
Background: The cortisol awakening response (CAR) refers to the sharp increase in cortisol
secretion following awakening. Cortisol and the CAR have been implicated in several …