CGPH FACULTY: William Dow
DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2010
REGION: Latin America
REFERENCE: Gersten O, Dow WH, Rosero-Bixby L. Stressors over the life course and neuroendocrine system dysregulation in Costa Rica. J Aging Health. 2010 Sep;22(6):748-71. doi: 10.1177/0898264310367516. Epub 2010 May 28. Erratum in: J Aging Health. 2011 Aug;23(5):883.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: A key aspect of the increasingly popular allostatic load (AL) framework is that stressors experienced over the entire life course result in physiological dysregulation. Although core to AL theory, this idea has been little tested, and where it has been tested, the results have been mixed. More work is needed, in order to establish the connection between stressors experienced over the life course and resting levels of the neuroendocrine markers.
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