The concept of allostasis in biology and biomedicine.

By Bruce S. McEwen, J. Wingfield. Hormones and Behavior, 2003

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Subfields: Behavioral Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology

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Sleep deprivation as a neurobiologic and physiologic stressor: Allostasis and allostatic load. (2006, background): “These 2 examples—too much or too little activity of certain mediators of allostasis—illustrate allostatic overload [8], which is the wear and tear produced by imbalances in the mediators of allostasis.”
Short- and long-term effects of developmental corticosterone exposure on avian physiology, behavioral phenotype, cognition, and fitness: A review (2011, positive): “Recently, efforts have been made to reduce the ambiguity of the term by defining stress as any stimulus or event (internal or external) which disturbs homeostasis and requires an immediate response that has an energetic expense (see Sterling and Eyer, 1989; McEwen and Wingfield, 2003; Romero et al.,”
Noise negatively affects foraging and antipredator behaviour in shore crabs (2013, background): “Stressful events, for example, can lead to changes in the intensity, duration or frequency of particular activities as part of an allostatic response (Broom & Johnson 1993; McEwen & Wingfield 2003; Wingfield 2005).”
Assessing translocation outcome: Comparing behavioral and physiological aspects of translocated and resident African elephants (Loxodonta africana) (2009, positive): “This finding may explain the similarities in corticosterone levels because an animal’s behavior can influence its physiological condition through allostasis – achieving physiological stability through behavioral change (McEwen and Wingfield, 2003; Wingfield, 2005).”
Central effects of stress hormones in health and disease: Understanding the protective and damaging effects of stress and stress mediators. (2008, background): “turning off the responsewhen it is no longer needed (McEwen and Stellar, 1993; McEwen, 1998; McEwen and Wingfield, 2003).”
Life history and the ecology of stress: how do glucocorticoid hormones influence life‐history variation in animals? (2013, background): “This is because GCs play a fundamental role in regulation of energy homoeostasis in relation to ‘predictable’ life-history events (e.g. growth, reproduction, migration; McEwen & Wingfield 2003).”
Food availability and population processes: severity of nutritional stress during reproduction predicts survival of long‐lived seabirds (2010, background): “CORT is involved in regulation of body maintenance processes in part by modifying behaviour of individuals in accordance with ecological and life-history events (Wingfield & Kitaysky 2002; McEwen & Wingfield 2003; Landys, Ramenofsky & Wingfield 2006; Romero, Dickens & Cyr 2009).”
Predator‐induced stress and the ecology of fear (2013, background): “Sapolsky (2004), like many other comparative physiologists (e.g. McEwen & Wingfield 2003), distinguishes between physiological stress resulting from ‘chronic physical challenges’, such as a shortage of food, and ‘sustained psychological stress – linked to mere thoughts’ (Sapolsky 2004, pp. 4–5).”
Ecological processes and the ecology of stress: the impacts of abiotic environmental factors (2013, background): “Often, they result in death or individuals are able to show some form of acclimation/ adaptation that will change many aspects of the life cycle but allow them to survive (McEwen & Wingfield 2003; Wingfield 2003).”
Concentration of fecal cortisol metabolites in chamois in relation to tourist pressure in Tatra National Park (South Poland) (2013, background): “When human disturbance persists over time, the stress may become chronic and induce detrimental symptoms that may compromise fitness (e.g. Sapolsky et al. 2000; McEwen and Wingfield 2003).”
Limbic-frontal circuitry in major depression: a path modeling metanalysis (2004, background): “In keeping with recent theories of dysregulated homeo - static responses to ongoing stress ( McEwen , 2003 ; McEwen and Wingfield , 2003 ) , the more restricted fronto - frontal abnormalities in the CBT group may reflect a preserved compensatory capacity not seen in patients requiring medication…”
What are extreme environmental conditions and how do organisms cope with them (2011, methodology): “This load can increase when breeding, migrating etc., but the costs are more than offset by food available in the environment (Eg, see McEwen and Wingfield, 2003; Korte et al., 2004, Wingfield, 2004).”