Endocrine Abstracts

The stress system coordinates the adaptive responses of the organism to stressors of any kind. The main components of the stress system are the CRH and Locus Ceruleus-Norepinephrine (LC/NE)-Autonomic systems and their peripheral effectors, the pituitary-adrenal axis, and the limbs of the autonomic system. Activation of the stress system leads to behavioral and peripheral changes that improve the ability of the organism to adjust homeostasis and increase its chances for surviva...

George P. Chrousos, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA AbstractDr. George P. Chrousos is Chief of the Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch at the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology at Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC, and Professor of...