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Secretory immunoglobulin A and cardiovascular reactions to mental arithmetic and cold pressor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 1998

Gonneke Willemsen ,
Christopher Ring ,
Douglas Carroll ,
Phil Evans ,
Angela Clow  and
Frank Hucklebridge
Gonneke Willemsen
Affiliation:
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Christopher Ring
Affiliation:
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Douglas Carroll
Affiliation:
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Phil Evans
Affiliation:
Division of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK
Angela Clow
Affiliation:
Division of Physiology, University of Westminster, London, UK
Frank Hucklebridge
Affiliation:
Division of Physiology, University of Westminster, London, UK
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Abstract

Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) in saliva and cardiovascular reactions to mental arithmetic and cold pressor tasks were recorded in 16 healthy young men on two sessions, 4 weeks apart. Both tasks elicited significant increases in sIgA secretion rate, reflecting increases in both salivary volume and sIgA concentration. Whereas mental arithmetic elicited a mixed pattern of alpha- and beta-adrenergic cardiovascular reactions, the pattern of reactions to cold pressor was predominantly alpha-adrenergic. Task levels of sIgA secretion rate, sIgA concentration, and saliva volume showed moderate to high test–retest reliability (r = .52–.83), although test-retest correlations were less impressive for change scores (r = −.19–.53). The pattern of correlations between change in sIgA secretion rate and cardiovascular reactivity variables was inconsistent.

Keywords

Cardiovascular activityCold pressorMental arithmeticSecretory immunoglobulin ATest–retest reliability
Type
Research Article
Information
Psychophysiology , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , May 1998 , pp. 252 - 259
Copyright
© 1998 Society for Psychophysiological Research

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Address reprint requests to: Gonneke Willemsen, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, England. E-mail: willemah@sportex.bham.ac.uk.