Salivary Cortisol Levels as a Biological Marker of Stress Reaction

To determine the validity and psychobiological significance of salivary cortisol as a biomarker of stress in the experiments.Stress is defined as a state in which homeostasis is jeopardized by the action of various external and internal stressors. The effect of cortisol is made through specific receptors located in the cytoplasm of the target cells. Determining blood cortisol levels, which has been the most widely used method, is characterized...