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PLOS mental health.· 2026Q2

The hidden burden of college life: Stress, sleep, and salivary biomarkers in students—A cross-sectional study

Hongyu Xu, Zhiqiang Yan, Xinyi Kong, Shuang Wu et al.

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High perceived stress in 90.4% of undergraduates correlated with fatigue and poor sleep, and was linked to specific salivary biomarker changes: increased sympathetic activation (α-amylase), HPA axis dysregulation (cortisol), circadian disruption (melatonin), and mucosal immune activation (IgA, lysozyme).

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Field: Behavioral Neuroscience

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