The great hans Selye and the great 'stress' muddle

Developmental Brain Dysfunction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 538-542

  Spector, Novera Herbert ^a,b  

^a Amer Inst Neuroimmunomodulation R   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benetensive stressors; Distress; Eustress; History of science; Maltensive stressors; Neuroimmunomodulation; Normotensive stressors; Selye; Strain; Stress; Terminology

Indexed keywords

CONFUSION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; IMMUNOMODULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

EID: 0031544821     PISSN: 10195815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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