stress response
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstressandresponse
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stress
noun
uk/stres/us/stres/
great worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes ...
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response
noun
uk/rɪˈspɒns/us/rɪˈspɑːns/
an answer ...
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(Definition ofstressandresponsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In beneficial experiences the infant's glucocorticoidstressresponseis modulated by the psychobiologically attuned mother, thereby inhibiting the infant's pituitary-adrenal response to stress.
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The role of the integrated hoststressresponsein ectoparasite infestation is critical for understanding reduced parasite settlement and elimination of attached parasites.
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These collective changes result in a robust increase in the neuroendocrinestressresponsethat is present immediately following separation and persists well into adulthood.
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Cellular mechanisms underlying the development and expression of individual differences in the hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenalstressresponse.
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Thus, temperaturestressresponsemay play a role in the parasite adaptation to sudden changes in environmental temperature.
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These results suggest that an altered neuroendocrinestressresponse(dysfunctioning hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) is associated with the clinical state of schizophrenia.
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However, in addition to cytolysome formation which might indicate astressresponse, there were also some signs of marked irregularity in some mitochondria and plastids.
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It is now well documented that both genetic and prenatal factors affect the neural systems that govern thestressresponse.
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A major role of cortisol in thestressresponseis to increase available energy resources in the form of increased glucose production.
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The serotonin system is astressresponsesystem.
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In particular, research is needed that more directly shows a programming effect on, for example, thestressresponsesystem.
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Figure 14d presents a visualization of the learnedstressresponse.
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Environmental regulation of the adrenocorticalstressresponsein female rats and its implications for individual differences in aging.
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Figure 1 depicts the functional connections among the different cortical and subcortical brain regions involved in thestressresponse.
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In families characterized by parental death, children may be at particularly high risk for the development of dysregulatedstressresponsesystems.
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Further, the invasiveness of blood draws may induce astressresponsein some subjects and thus obscure normative maturational changes.
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Thus, there is astressresponseto the larval and young adult stages, but no chronic response to older adults.
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Several parameters related to thestressresponse, hydromineral balance, immune function, and infestation levels were measured.
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