Abstract
Stress is a complex phenomenon and commonly referred to as a range of bodily reactions toward a potentially harmful stimulus that may disturb homeostasis. It is important to understand that stress impacts psychological, physiological, immunological, and behavioral functions that not only require individual coping strategies but affect disease onset and/or progression in both humans and animals. Integrative studies have demonstrated significant consequences of stress on metabolic, cardiovascular, mental, and reproductive health as well as individual fitness and immune modulation. It is apparent that there exist many similarities between humans and animals encountering a stressful stimulus. Individual variation in stress susceptibility is related to genetic predisposition and early experience. This chapter provides an overview on stress concepts, physiological cascades, and stress-related diseases.
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Glenk, L.M., Kothgassner, O.D. (2017). Life Out of Balance: Stress-Related Disorders in Animals and Humans. In: Jensen-Jarolim, E. (eds) Comparative Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47007-8_7
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