Reliability of Potential Pain Biomarkers in the Saliva of Healthy Subjects: Inter-Individual Differences and Intersession Variability.

Salivary cortisol, α-amylase (sAA), secretory IgA (sIgA), testosterone, and soluble fraction of receptor II of TNFα (sTNFαRII) could serve as objective pain measures, but the normal variability of these potential biomarkers is unknown.Saliva was collected with the passive secretion method from 34, p...

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Main Authors: Eva M Sobas, Roberto Reinoso, Rubén Cuadrado-Asensio, Itziar Fernández, Miguel J Maldonado, José C Pastor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5132231?pdf=render