Introduction: Allostatic load refers to the cumulative burden of chronic stress and life events.
It involves the interaction of different physiological systems at varying degrees of activity …

For the last five decades, science has managed to delineate the mechanisms by which
stress hormones can impact on the human brain. Receptors for glucocorticoids are found in …

During the past two decades, the public health community's attention has been drawn
increasingly to the social determinants of health (SDH)—the factors apart from medical care …

Introduction Allostatic load, a measure of stress-related physiologic dysregulation, is
associated with numerous mortality risk factors. This systematic review and meta-analysis …

Among people exposed to major psychological stressors in early life, there are elevated
rates of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases of aging. The most compelling data …

The allostatic load model expands the stress-disease literature by proposing a temporal
cascade of multi-systemic physiological dysregulations that contribute to disease …

Predator‐induced stress has been used to exemplify the concept of stress for close to a
century because almost everyone can imagine the terror of fleeing for one's life from a lion or …

This paper provides a review and critique of empirical research on perceived discrimination
and health. The patterns of racial disparities in health suggest that there are multiple ways …

The theoretical constructs of allostasis and allostatic load (AL) have contributed to our
understanding of how constantly changing social and environmental factors impact …

Racial discrimination has been linked to allostatic load (ie, cumulative biological stress)
among African American women. However, limited attention has been given to psychosocial …