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• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health: Allostatic Load and Allostasis
• Summary prepared by Bruce McEwen and Teresa Seeman in collaboration with the Allostatic Load Working Group. Last revised 1999.
• Chapter Contents:

• Introduction
• Where Stress Fits In
• Allostasis and Allostatic Load
• Allostatic Load Requires Understanding of Physiological Mechanisms
• Validation of Allostatic Load
• Further Refinement of Allostatic Load
• References

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• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health: Allostatic Load and Allostasis Notebook

Table of Contents

1. Allostatic Load and Allostasis 2. Antibody Response to an Antigenic Challenge 3. Body Composition 4. Cardiovascular Measures of Allostatic Load 5. Catecholamines and Environmental Stress 6. Central Body Fat 7. Decrease in Cell-mediated Immunity - A Marker

        for Allostatic Load Effects on Immune Function

8. Dietary Factors and SES 9. Fibrinogen is a Candidate Measure of Allostatic Load 10. Heart Rate Variability 11. Memory Function and Hippocampal Formation Volume 12. Modes of Cardiac Control 13. Muscle Tension 14. Parasympathetic Function 15. Salivary Cortisol Measurement and Challenge Tests 16. Sleep Quantity and Endocrine Markers of Sleep Quality 17. Vital Exhaustion - A Syndrome of Psychological Distress

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health

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Allostatic Load and Allostasis Notebook

Table of Contents

1. Allostatic Load and Allostasis 2. Antibody Response to an Antigenic Challenge 3. Body Composition 4. Cardiovascular Measures of Allostatic Load 5. Catecholamines and Environmental Stress 6. Central Body Fat 7. Decrease in Cell-mediated Immunity - A Marker

        for Allostatic Load Effects on Immune Function

8. Dietary Factors and SES 9. Fibrinogen is a Candidate Measure of Allostatic Load 10. Heart Rate Variability 11. Memory Function and Hippocampal Formation Volume 12. Modes of Cardiac Control 13. Muscle Tension 14. Parasympathetic Function 15. Salivary Cortisol Measurement and Challenge Tests 16. Sleep Quantity and Endocrine Markers of Sleep Quality 17. Vital Exhaustion - A Syndrome of Psychological Distress

• [ Allostatic Load and Allostasis Notebook

Table of Contents

1. Allostatic Load and Allostasis 2. Antibody Response to an Antigenic Challenge 3. Body Composition 4. Cardiovascular Measures of Allostatic Load 5. Catecholamines and Environmental Stress 6. Central Body Fat 7. Decrease in Cell-mediated Immunity - A Marker

        for Allostatic Load Effects on Immune Function

8. Dietary Factors and SES 9. Fibrinogen is a Candidate Measure of Allostatic Load 10. Heart Rate Variability 11. Memory Function and Hippocampal Formation Volume 12. Modes of Cardiac Control 13. Muscle Tension 14. Parasympathetic Function 15. Salivary Cortisol Measurement and Challenge Tests 16. Sleep Quantity and Endocrine Markers of Sleep Quality 17. Vital Exhaustion - A Syndrome of Psychological Distress