Modulation of test anxiety-induced salivary protein secretion by ovarian steroid hormones: a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT: In women the menstrual cycle influences mood and anxiety. Aim of this study was to preliminarily investigate whether different ovarian steroid hormone levels may modulate the psychophysiological responses elicited by test anxiety. Specifically, we compared the secretion of anxiety-induced salivary proteins of healthy women in the early follicular (Pre-Ov group) (low ovarian steroid hormones levels) and mid-luteal (Post-Ov group) (medium/high ovarian steroid hormones levels) phase of the menstrual cycle, during the simulation of an oral examination. Saliva samples were collected before and after a relaxation period and at two post-simulation times and analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis and western blot. Proteins corresponding to spots differentially expressed in the two groups acro

SUBMITTER: Zallocco L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11958418 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature