Innate Secretory Immunity in Response to Laboratory Stressors That Evoke Distinct Patterns of Cardiac Autonomic Activity
Jos A. Bosch, PhD,
Eco J. C. de Geus, PhD,
Enno C. I. Veerman, PhD,
Johan Hoogstraten, PhD and
Arie V. Nieuw Amerongen, PhD
From the Department of Dental Basic Sciences, Section Oral Biochemistry (J.A.B., E.C.I.V., A.R.N.), and the Department of Community Dentistry and Dental Health Education (J.H.), Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Oral Biology (J.A.B.), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; and Department of Biological Psychology (E.J.C.D.), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Fig. 1. State anxiety (STAI) during the control condition, memory test, and surgical video. Points indicate means; vertical bars indicate SEMs.
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Fig. 2. Position of the active and passive tasks in autonomic space.
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Fig. 3. Salivary secretion rate during the control condition, memory test, and surgical video. Points indicate means; vertical bars indicate SEMs. Results for repeated-measures analyses of time (F and p values) are presented in the figure.
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Fig. 4. Secretion of the mucins MUC7 (top) and MUC5B (bottom) during the control condition, memory test, and surgical video. Points indicate means; vertical bars indicate SEMs. Results for repeated-measures analyses of time (F and p values) are presented in the figure.
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Fig. 5. Secretion of lactoferrin (top) and -amylase (bottom) during the control condition, memory test, and surgical video. Points indicate means; vertical bars indicate SEMs. Results for repeated-measures analyses of time (F and p values) are presented in the figure.
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Fig. 6. Secretion of cystatin S (top) and total salivary protein (bottom) during the control condition, memory test, and surgical video. Points indicate means; vertical bars indicate SEMs. Results for repeated-measures analyses of time (F and p values) are presented in the figure.
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