Allostasis

"Allostasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Biological adaptation, such as the rise of EPINEPHRINE in response to exercise, stress or perceived danger, followed by a fall of epinephrine during RELAXATION. Allostasis is the achievement of stability by turning on and turning off the allostatic systems including the IMMUNE SYSTEM; the AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM and NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEMS.

Descriptor ID	D052636
MeSH Number(s)	G16.012.500.274
Concept/Terms	Allostasis Allostasis Allostases Allostatic Load Allostatic Load Allostatic Loads Load, Allostatic Loads, Allostatic

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Biological Sciences [G]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Adaptation, Biological [G16.012]
Adaptation, Physiological [G16.012.500]
Allostasis [G16.012.500.274]

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Year	Major Topic	Total
2009	1	1
2012	2	2
2013	1	1
2016	1	1
2017	1	1
2020	1	1
2021	1	1
2022	1	1
2024	1	1
2025	4	4

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Balsara K, Iftikhar A, Animashaun E, Assari S, Zare H. Exploring the relationship between depressive symptoms, allostatic load, and income inequality in US adults aged 20 and older. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Nov; 384:118594.

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Hall KC, Karimi M, Hiser LM, Yimer W, Brill I, Fazeli PL, Alcaide ML, Camacho-Rivera M, Chandran A, Cohen MH, Edmonds A, Sharma A, Spence A, Weiser SD, Wingood G, Konkle-Parker D. Exploring Allostatic Load as an Objective Measure of Stress Among U.S. Women With and Without HIV: A Pilot Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Sep; 34(9):1090-1098.

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Smith NG, Chen TA, Juster RP, Obasi EM, Crocker JS. Associations Among Minority Stress, Allostatic Load, and Drug and Alcohol Use in Sexual Minorities: Protocol for the Queer Health Study-a Longitudinal Feasibility Evaluation. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jun 27; 14:e73070.

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Thorpe RJ, Guti?rrez ?, Archibald P, Thierry AD, Bruce M, Mills C, Norris K, Thomas Tobin CS. Race, Age, and Allostatic Load Among Men in the Nashville Stress and Health Study. Am J Mens Health. 2025 Jan-Feb; 19(1):15579883251317095.

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Zare H, Gilmore DR, Assari S, Molina IB, Delarmente BA, Azadi M, Thorpe RJ. Income Inequality, Gender Disparities, and Ethnic Differences: Investigating Allostatic Load in American Adults. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Jun; 12(3):1967-1979.

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Tobin CST, Guti?rrez ?, Erving CL, Norris KC, Thorpe RJ. When Resilience Becomes Risk: A Latent Class Analysis of Psychosocial Resources and Allostatic Load Among African American Men. Am J Mens Health. 2022 May-Jun; 16(3):15579883221104272.

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O'Dell LE, Koob GF, Nazarian A. Vulnerability to substance abuse: A consideration of allostatic loading factors. Neuropharmacology. 2021 11 01; 199:108767.

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Mitchell UA, Dellor ED, Sharif MZ, Brown LL, Torres JM, Nguyen AW. When Is Hope Enough? Hopefulness, Discrimination and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Allostatic Load. Behav Med. 2020 Jul-Sep; 46(3-4):189-201.

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Beckles GL, McKeever Bullard K, Saydah S, Imperatore G, Loustalot F, Correa A. Life Course Socioeconomic Position, Allostatic Load, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes among African American Adults: The Jackson Heart Study, 2000-04 to 2012. Ethn Dis. 2019; 29(1):39-46.

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Bruce MA, Martins D, Duru K, Beech BM, Sims M, Harawa N, Vargas R, Kermah D, Nicholas SB, Brown A, Norris KC. Church attendance, allostatic load and mortality in middle aged adults. PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0177618.

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