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Reaction of the body to deleterious forces, infections & abnormal states that disturb homeostasis. Laboratory: -> increased serum IL-6 [2] Special laboratory: - investigational MRI [2] - during social stress, activation of the amygdala correlates with the size of the city in which a person resides - activation of a part of the cingulate cortex correlates with upbringing in a large city [2]

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Stress & the Developing Brain

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abuse oxidative stress psychosocial stress

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sign/symptom

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Lederbogen F et al. City living and urban upbringing affect neural social stress processing in humans. Nature 2011 Jun 23; 474:498. PMID: 21697947 - Kennedy DP and Adolphs R. Social neuroscience: Stress and the city. Nature 2011 Jun 23; 474:452. PMID: 21697937