Any intrinsic or extrinsic stimulus that evokes a biological response is known as stress. The
compensatory responses to these stresses are known as stress responses. Based on the …

Any physical or psychological stimuli that disrupt homeostasis result in a stress response.
The stimuli are called stressors and physiological and behavioral changes in response to …

An attempt is made to further clarify present areas of controversy in the stress field, in
response to a two-part article by Dr. John W. Mason which concludes in this issue of the …

In the first chapter, we provided the following working definition of the stress
response:“Stress is a physiological response that serves as a mechanism of mediation …

This first book to address the most urgent issues combines a solid research approach with
applied individual and stress issues. It focuses on our latest knowledge of various causes of …

Stress is a state of threatened homeostasis during which a variety of adaptive processes are
activated to produce physiological and behavioral changes. Preclinical models are pivotal …

The cumulative science linking stress to negative health outcomes is vast. Stress can affect
health directly, through autonomic and neuroendocrine responses, but also indirectly …

Environmental events, both physical and emotional, can produce stress reactions to widely
varying degrees. Stress can affect many aspects of physiology, and levels of stress …

Objective.—This article defines stress and related concepts and reviews their historical
development. The notion of a stress system as the effector of the stress syndrome is …

The term “allostasis” has been coined to clarify ambiguities associated with the word
“stress.” Allostasis refers to the adaptive processes that maintain homeostasis through the …