Does cellular aging relate to patterns of allostasis?. An examination of basal and stress reactive HPA axis activity and telomere length.

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-45

  Tomiyama, A Janet ^a,b,c   O'Donovan, Aoife ^d,e   Lin, Jue ^f   Puterman, Eli ^d   Lazaro, Alanie ^d   Chan, Jessica ^d   Dhabhar, Firdaus S ^g   Wolkowitz, Owen ^d   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^h   Blackburn, Elizabeth ^f   Epel, Elissa ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b the State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Allostatic load; Cellular aging; Cortisol; HPA axis; Stress; Telomere

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NIGHT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH;

AGED; ALLOSTASIS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAREGIVERS; CELL AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84862816189     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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