The Darwinian concept of stress: benefits of allostasis and costs of allostatic load and the trade-offs in health and disease

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews - Tập 29 Số 1 - Trang 3-38 - 2005
S. Mechiel Korte1, Jaap M. Koolhaas2, John C. Wingfield3, Bruce S. McEwen4
1Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Box 65, Edelhertweg 15, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
2Department of Animal Physiology, University of Groningen, Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
3Department of Zoology, Box 351800, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
4Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA

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