Relationship between salivary neuropeptide Y and performance under stress: a study on police firearms officers
Marc V. Jones, Chris Murgatroyd, Nathan Smith, Lucy Walker, Martin James Turner, Andrew McCann, Elizabeth C. Braithwaite, Danielle Burns, Maxted Neal, Paul Emmerson, Leonie Webster, Martin Jones · 2026
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Marc Jones and co-authors test a stress chemical in the spit of police firearms officers in a study from 2026. Neuropeptide Y in blood tracks with calm performance under pressure. Saliva would be far easier to collect in the field. Whether spit levels mean the same was unknown.
Fifteen male officers on a tough selection course gave samples by passive drool. Sampling came one hour before a pass-or-fail shooting test. Self-rated mental states were gathered beside the samples. Shooting scores supplied the performance measure. If saliva mirrors blood, stress resilience could be screened without needles. Elite units and clinics both prize such shortcuts. The small elite sample keeps the question sharp.
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| CREATOR | Marc V. Jones, Chris Murgatroyd, Nathan Smith, Lucy Walker, Martin James Turner, Andrew McCann, Elizabeth C. Braithwaite, Danielle Burns, Maxted Neal, Paul Emmerson, Leonie Webster, Martin Jones |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |