FOUNDATIONAL TERM
HPA axis
HPA轴
The hormonal regulatory chain linking hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal cortex.
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26 · Stress: immediate responses and long-term effects
Stress responses help meet demands, but persistent or poorly resolved responses can carry costs. Understanding stress requires events, appraisal, bodily regulation and available resources to be considered together.
Sources
- OpenStax Psychology: what is stress
- Endotext: Stress endocrine physiology and pathophysiology
- OpenStax Psychology: stressors
- OpenStax Psychology: stress and illness
- WHO: Stress questions and answers
- NIMH: I am so stressed out
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