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Chronic and acute effects of stress on energy balance: are there appropriate animal models?
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology - 15 Feb 2015
Harris Ruth B S
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Stress activates multiple neural and endocrine systems to allow an animal to respond to and survive in a threatening environment. The corticotropin-releasing factor system is a primary initiator of this integrated response, which includes activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The energetic response to acute stress is determined by the nature and severity...
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