[Reaction of the salivary glands to acute stress]. / Reaktsiia sliunnykh zhelez na ostryi stress.

Experiment on male rats has shown that acute stress suppressed amylase and superoxide dismutase activity in the submandibular salivary glands. The influence of short repeated stresses weakened the inhibiting effect of the acute stress on the activity of enzymes. A conclusion is drawn about the high sensibility of salivary glands to stress influences.