CellWell record HH-0922
Stress, Adaptation, and Disease: Allostasis and Allostatic Load
McEwen BS
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ยท 1998
In plain language
McEwen's foundational paper describes how the cumulative wear from repeated stress-hormone activation, called allostatic load, can gradually strain multiple body systems.
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