The time dimension in stress responses: Relevance for survival and health

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-50

  Eriksen, Hege R ^a   Olff, Miranda ^b,c   Murison, Robert ^a   Ursin, Holger ^a  

^a Dept of Biol and Med Psychology   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activation; Coping; Defense; Neuroendocrine; Psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033580076     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00141-3     Document Type: Article

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