Stress appraisals and cellular aging: A key role for anticipatory threat in the relationship between psychological stress and telomere length

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-579

  O'Donovan, Aoife ^a   Tomiyama, A Janet ^b,c   Lin, Jue ^d   Puterman, Eli ^a   Adler, Nancy E ^a   Kemeny, Margaret ^a   Wolkowitz, Owen M ^a   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^d   Epel, Elissa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular aging; Challenge; Chronic stress; Stress appraisals; Telomere length; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CELL AGING; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84862790950     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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