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saliva provideslink betweenstress, immunityI n f o u r s e pa r at es t u d i e s conducted bya multi-university researchteam, saliva hasbeen shown to providenew insight into therole of social stressorsin child development.The tests focus on anenzyme secreted by thesalivary glands—alphaamylase—thathas beenDr. Joseph Buckhalt linked in adults to thesympathetic nervoussystem’s (SNS) “fight-or-flight” response. Now, inthese new studies, alpha-amylase has been shown tobe a marker for the SNS response in children also.The four research groups—infants and their mothers,preschoolers, children, and teenagers—wereasked to complete a challenging task. These taskswere designed to elicit emotional duress, thereforeallowing researchers to measure the different levelsof alpha-amylase.Research findingssuggest that socialstressors directlyaffect the levelof alpha-amylasefound inthe participants’saliva.The stressorsthe participantsencounteredvaried bygroup. For example, The 6-monthold infants were gently restrainedby a stranger. Older children wereasked to complete a frustrating taskin addition to interacting with ateacher or being evaluated.The four studies were detailedin an invited paper, “Integratingthe Measurement of Salivary Alpha-Amylaseinto Studies of ChildHealth, Development and SocialRelationships,” in a special April2006 issue of the Journal of Socialand Personal Relationships. Amongthe authors of that paper wereDr. Joseph Buckhalt, a Wayne T.Smith distinguished professor andschool psychology program coordinatorin the college’s Department of CounselorEducation, Counseling Psychology andSchool Psychology. Other authors includedDr. Douglas Granger, Katie T. Kivlighan andDr. Clancy Blair of The Pennsylvania StateUniversity; Dr. Mona El-Sheikh, Dr. JacquelynMize and Jared A. Lisonbee of Auburn University;Dr. Laura R. Stroud of Brown Medical School;Dr. Kathryn Handwerger of Tufts University; andDr. Eve B. Schwartz, Salimetrics LLC (State College,Pa.).The authors wrote, “The associations revealedbetween alpha-amylase and illness susceptibility areparticularly robust and worthy of comment. Thefinding is unique and is consistent with volumes ofresearch on the linkages between the brain, behaviorand immunity.”Alpha-Amylase enzymeIllustration byDavid S. Goodsell,the Scripps ResearchInstitute36 Building A Better Future for All education.auburn.edu
Korvotney BarberJuniorPhysical EducationHolly CurrieSeniorExercise ScienceQuentin GrovesSeniorAdult Educationinfrared offers insidelook to improvingsports medicineA lt h o u g h infrared thermogenic technology was first recognized in the 1800s, medical infrared—known as IR-thermography—has been employed since the 1960s. Dr. David Pascoe, a professor ofexercise physiology with the Department of Health and Human Performance, has been studyingways to use IR-thermography to help diagnose injuries and monitor recovery.An IR-thermography image is a visual map of the skin surface temperature that can provide accuratethermal measurement through color. It does not, however, measure the amount of blood flowto the skin tissue.“In three of the panels (below), one can easily see the area in the stomach region where veterinarianwas kicked by a horse and there was a contusion. What is interesting to note is the region in theupper right side of the chest (left side of image) and the area in the triceps region of the arm. Theseareas illustrate reduced skin temperatures due to a thoracic nerve impingement. This nerve impingementresulted in some weakness in the right arm and some muscle atrophy three weeks after the injury.Rehabilitation was able to correct the nerve impingement and bring the subject back to normalDr. David Pascoefunction,” said Dr. Pascoe of the infrared images below.Pascoe and his associates conclude that IR-thermal images should be used in concert with othertechnologies such as X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but not as a sole source of diagnosis. IR-thermal imagesserve to compliment conventional methods of diagnosis with a different view to more accurately pinpoint the problem.education.auburn.edu Keystone • Volume IV, 2007 37
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