Allostasis and Emotion
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The recently-described Stress Repair Mechanism (SRM) automatically repairs and maintains vertebrate body structure, but it lacks the ability to adjust to changing environmental circumstances. Therefore its operation cannot explain allostasis, which refers to the ability of vertebrates to adapt to changing environmental allostatic load by altering their hormonal and physiological reactions. Allostasis is explained by the activity of emotional mechanisms in the brain that respond to environmental circumstances and affect SRM and HPA axis operation by altering autonomic balance.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011