Talk:Allostasis

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Allostasis is the process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, through physiological or behavioral change. This can be carried out by means of alteration in HPA axis hormones, the autonomic nervous system, cytokines, or a number of other systems, and is generally adaptive in the short term (McEwen & Wingfield, 2003).

If anyone knows how to format the footnotes so there are not all those ghost numbers, please make the changes.Ksvaughan2 15:44, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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• Is this not a historical medical term?

Leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. I'm glad this article could fall within our scope, and I hope to see it grow large! Many thanks! Renaissancee (talk) 07:31, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Wingfield 2003 block quote incorrectly attributed?

Was looking at the WIngfield (2003) article but do not find this wording. Might this be from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12614627? Emwhitaker (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Mind-Body, section 18

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 August 2022 and 10 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Tai Jake Junior, Caprice1234, Cloudsareblue, Andrew Magus (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Wikiknowledge8, Jeff2213.

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marginally literate

this article from the beginning, contains sophomoric turns of phrase that make one immediately skeptical of the quality of the content. I claim only enough expertise to recognise the low quality of the entry. The concept is increasingly important in neuroscience, so a more professional entry is called for. 2600:1700:4819:E150:441D:251B:5728:3650 (talk) 03:33, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Needs correlation with related terms

Evidently written by students with minimal general knowledge in the field. While homeostasis is courted, the article should include reference to Homeorhesis (Waddington) and Autopoiesis (Maturana and Varela) 2600:1700:4819:E150:441D:251B:5728:3650 (talk) 03:38, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Wikipedia for the Medical Editor

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— Assignment last updated by Mjkim7 (talk) 18:22, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Reorganized the sections and added theory context

Hello, I am a medical student editing this article. As someone has mentioned before, I believe that the concept of allostasis is rooted in the historical development of this term and edited the page to reflect this development (namely, Sterling and Eyer's seminal research). It is difficult to understand what allostasis is without having the context of the original researchers' theories and evidence. I have kept most of the information that was already on the page but reorganized them into later sections because they were more relevant as applied concepts of allostasis (most of the information was on allostatic load). Next steps could be to incorporate a 'Clinical Significance' section with subsections such as 'Hypertension', 'Diabetes', 'Cancer', specific psychiatric conditions, etc. as allostasis is gaining more traction as pathophysiological explanations in the medical field. Mjkim7 (talk) 22:07, 15 November 2023 (UTC)