Doug Granger, Arizona State University (IMAGE) Arizona State University Caption Have you ever wondered why adversity affects some people more negatively than others? Salivary NGF is an important piece of that puzzle, according to research by researcher Heidemarie Laurent, University of Oregon, and Doug Granger, director of ASU's new Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research and Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology in ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Credit Arizona State University Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.