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  • adjective relating to allostasis

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  • Bruce McEwen, head of the Neuroendocrinology Laboratory at Rockefeller University in New York City, coined the term allostatic load.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • Bruce McEwen, head of the Neuroendocrinology Laboratory at Rockefeller University in New York City, coined the term allostatic load.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • To measure the amount of stress an individual had suffered over the course of his life, the two researchers used an index known as allostatic load.

    Core Economics 2009

  • [3] However, if the stimulus to the allostatic re-set persists, the resulting so-called allostatic load can lead to dysfunction or disease of the system.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • [3] However, if the stimulus to the allostatic re-set persists, the resulting so-called allostatic load can lead to dysfunction or disease of the system.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • [3] However, if the stimulus to the allostatic re-set persists, the resulting so-called allostatic load can lead to dysfunction or disease of the system.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • [3] However, if the stimulus to the allostatic re-set persists, the resulting so-called allostatic load can lead to dysfunction or disease of the system.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • [3] However, if the stimulus to the allostatic re-set persists, the resulting so-called allostatic load can lead to dysfunction or disease of the system.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • The trigger for allostatic response begins in the hypothalamus with CRH corticotropin-releasing hormone, which activates both systems.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • Genetic and early-life adversity definitely play a role in susceptibility to allostatic load.

    SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

  • That accumulation is called the allostatic load, essentially the damage on our bodies when they’re repeatedly exposed to stress.

    'Allostatic Load' is the Psychological Reason for Our Pandemic Brain Fog Emily Baron Cadloff 2020

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