scholarly journals Relationship of salivary alpha amylase and cortisol to social anxiety in healthy children undergoing laboratory pain tasks

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. S23
Author(s):  
L. Allen ◽  
L. Hibel ◽  
D. Granger ◽  
J. Tsao ◽  
L. Zeltzer
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Alpha Amylase ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Salivary Alpha Amylase ◽  
Relationship Of

Association of salivary alpha-amylase and salivary flow rate with working memory functioning in healthy children

Stress ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 670-678
Author(s):  
Enrique Francisco Maldonado ◽  
Mari Nislin ◽  
Ana Martínez-Escribano ◽  
Laura Marín ◽  
Alfredo Enguix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Salivary Flow ◽  
Salivary Flow Rate ◽  
Alpha Amylase ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Salivary Alpha Amylase ◽  
Memory Functioning

Association between Salivary Alpha-Amylase and Executive Functioning in Healthy Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique F. Maldonado ◽  
Mari Nislin ◽  
Laura Marín ◽  
Ana Martín-Escribano ◽  
Alfredo Enguix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Neuropsychological Testing ◽  
Salivary Flow ◽  
Alpha Amylase ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Salivary Alpha Amylase ◽  
Executive Performance ◽  
Trail Making ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe main aim of this study was to confirm the relationship between executive performance and salivary alpha-amylase (SAA) activity in a sample of 64 healthy children (39 boys), and compare it to the association of SAA output and salivary flow rate (SFR). Executive functioning was assessed via fluency, trail-making, rings and inhibition tasks from the Batería de Evaluación Neuropsicológica de la Función Ejecutiva en Niños [Battery of Neuropsychological Assessment for Executive Function in Children] (ENFEN), merged into an ENFEN total score. SAA activity, output, and SFR were measured at baseline, one minute before, and one minute after the end of a neuropsychological testing session. Our results confirmed a direct, linear and significant association between SAA activity and executive functioning, r(64) = .351, p < .05, and extended it to SAA output, r(64) =.431, p < .05. The mean level of SAA output was the best predictor of executive functioning (β = .431, p < .05) and explained 18.2 % of the variance in ENFEN total score. In sum, and compared to SAA activity, measuring SAA output may be a more precise and indirect marker to assess executive functioning in children.

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