Studies on Adrenocortical and Psychological Response to Stress in man

1 March 1956

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)

Vol. 97 (3) , 269-298
https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1956.00250210015002

Abstract

Introduction INTRODUCTION Evaluation of the role of the adrenal cortex in the response of man to stressful situations continues to be a problem of major interest to medical investigators. Earlier studies suggested that the adrenal cortex responds actively and promptly to many, but not all, psychic and physical stresses.¹ In many of the studies, changes in the level of circulating

Keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX/PHYSIOLOGY
STRESS