Allostasis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Optimizing learning and quality of life throughout the lifespan: a global framework for research and application.

30 Jul 2009 This overview surveys the new optimism about the aging mind/brain, focusing on the potential for self-regulation practices to advance research in stress-protection and optimal health. It reviews recent findings and offers a research framework. The ... Read more...

A program in contemplative self-healing: stress, allostasis, and learning in the Indo-Tibetan tradition.

30 Jul 2009 This paper reviews current behavioral health interventions and introduces a self-healing program based on the Indo-Tibetan tradition. While most work on behavior change emphasizes cognition and motivation, this review highlights stress-reactivity as ... Read more...

Effect of maternal psychopathology on behavioral problems in preschool children exposed to terrorism: use of generalized estimating equations to integrate multiple informant reports.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the number of maternal psychopathologies is associated with increased clinically significant behavioral problems in preschool children exposed to disaster, using child behavior ratings from multiple informants. DESIGN: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Allostasis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Optimizing learning and quality of life throughout the lifespan: a global framework for research and application. 30 Jul 2009
• A program in contemplative self-healing: stress, allostasis, and learning in the Indo-Tibetan tradition. 30 Jul 2009
• Effect of maternal psychopathology on behavioral problems in preschool children exposed to terrorism: use of generalized estimating equations to integrate multiple informant reports. 30 May 2009
• Dynamics of neuronal circuits in addiction: reward, antireward, and emotional memory. 9 May 2009
• Systems biology and addiction. 9 May 2009
• Chronic fatigue syndrome and high allostatic load: results from a population-based case-control study in Georgia. 2 May 2009
• Stress response in female veterans: an allostatic perspective. 29 Apr 2009
• Self-rated health and allostatic load in women working in two occupational sectors. 29 Apr 2009
• Childhood poverty, chronic stress, and adult working memory. 28 Mar 2009
• Using physiological dysregulation to assess global health status: associations with self-rated health and health behaviors. 27 Feb 2009
• Childhood psychosocial stressors and adult onset arthritis: broad spectrum risk factors and allostatic load. 26 Feb 2009
• The brain hypocretins and their receptors: mediators of allostatic arousal. 30 Jan 2009
• Psychological and metabolic stress: a recipe for accelerated cellular aging? 30 Dec 2008
• The interaction between chronic stress and pregnancy: preterm birth from a biobehavioral perspective. 30 Dec 2008
• Chronic work stress and exhaustion is associated with higher allostastic load in female school teachers. 30 Dec 2008
• An angiotensin-1 converting enzyme polymorphism is associated with allostatic load mediated by C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 and cortisol. 8 Dec 2008
• Computer models of stress, allostasis, and acute and chronic diseases. 29 Nov 2008
• Stress, alcohol and drug interaction: an update of human research. 7 Oct 2008
• Stress, health and ageing: a focus on postmenopausal women. 30 Aug 2008
• Physiology and functioning: Parents' vagal tone, emotion socialization, and children's emotion knowledge. 17 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Allostasis'

Definition: Biological adaptation, such as the rise of EPINEPHRINE in response to exercise, stress or perceived danger, followed by a fall of epinephrine during RELAXATION. Allostasis is the achievement of stability by turning on and turning off the allostatic systems including the IMMUNE SYSTEM; the AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM and NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEMS.

Descriptor UI: D052636

Alternative terms: Allostasis; Allostases; Allostatic Load; Allostatic Loads; Load, Allostatic; Loads, Allostatic;

Related Mesh Headings: Adaptation, Psychological;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: G16.100.057.500.274;

History Note: 2007