Allostatic load

Allostatic load is "the wear and tear on the body" which accumulates as an individual is exposed to repeated or chronic stress.[1] The term was coined by Bruce McEwen and Eliot Stellar in 1993.[2] It represents the physiological consequences of chronic exposure to fluctuating or heightened neural or neuroendocrine response which results from repeated or prolonged chronic stress.

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  2. ^ McEwen BS, Stellar E (September 1993). "Stress and the individual. Mechanisms leading to disease". Archives of Internal Medicine. 153 (18): 2093–2101. doi:10.1001/archinte.153.18.2093. PMID 8379800.
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