The concept of allostasis in biology and biomedicine

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-15

  McEwen, Bruce S ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; CALORIC INTAKE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; EMERGENCY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037218317     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(02)00024-7     Document Type: Review

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