Salivary cortasol

[Sarah6]

Hey, does anyone know anything about this? ive been told its a good measure of stress and my lecturer wants me to use it alongside heart rate monitor for my dissertation but no idea how, what, why or when any help appreciated x

 

[Hettie]

Type horse/equine, saliva and cortisol into pubmed and you will get a list of relevant abstracts. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Just had a quick look and filter paper seemed to be used..?

 

[Shilasdair]

If you are a student studying Equine Science, then go to your library, and ask them to show you how to search - start looking at the books to get an overview of the role of salivary cortisol as a stress measure....
Then, ask the librarian to show you how to search papers for the most recent research using it as a measure...I don't know what your dissertation is about...but I'll bet there are very similar published papers.
And of course, you'll need to do an in depth analysis of the past research surrounding salivary cortisol, and other measurements of stress for your lit review.
S