Assay Validation of Hair Androgens Across the Menstrual Cycle

Noninvasive measurement of androgens like testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in salivary samples has been widely used as an index of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis responses to stress and daily experiences (Kirschbaum& Hellhammer, 1994; Meyer et al., 2014; Karlamangla et al., 2013) and applied to multiple professional fields such as human development, psychobiology and mental health (Adam, 2006; Knorr et al., 2010; Shirtcliff et al., 2009). The popularity of salivary biomarkers research is largely due to its feasibility, noninvasive ease of sampling, point-of-care collection and repeated sampling (Shirtcliff et al., 2015; Wilson, 1993).

Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - October 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wen Wang, Shannin N. Moody, Jeff Kiesner, Anna T. Appiani, Olivia C. Robertson, Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff Source Type: research