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The concept of allostasis in biology and biomedicine.

B. McEwen, J. Wingfield

2003.1.31Hormones and Behavior

DOI: 10.1016/s0018-506x(02)00024-7

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The concept of allostasis is discussed, maintaining stability through change, as a fundamental process through which organisms actively adjust to both predictable and unpredictable events, using the balance between energy input and expenditure as the basis for applying the concept.

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MCEWEN, B.; WINGFIELD, J. The concept of allostasis in biology and biomedicine. Hormones and Behavior, 2003, 43 1: 2–15.