Male sex, high age, little physical exercise and low level of education are associated with allostatic load
Allostatic load refers to a disorder of the body's stress response, which has been shown to increase the risk of mortality ...
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Moderate allostasis also enhances the immune response, but excessive allostatic load suppresses immunity. An elegant example of this comes from work done in McEwen's lab, where rats were exposed ...
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Stewart, James A. 2006. The Detrimental Effects of Allostasis: Allostatic Load as a Measure of Cumulative Stress. Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 25 ...