HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Cardiovascular Disease, Blood Vessel, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
9 Dec 2012
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Inability to listen is one of the more common stress factors for university students. Stress diagram (resistant to stress starts from eustress distress. Some systems reacting to everyday stressors in a balanced and healthful manner is a response. Fight or flight choosing to fight or run away from the stressor. Energy stores: replenishing superficial stores: getting proper sleep, aerobic exercise, diet, deep stores: something you can"t handle (all genetics) When we deplete our deep stores; we stop living. Psychoneuroimmunology (pni) analyzes the relationship between the minds response to stress and the functioning of the immune system. During periods of prolonged stress elevated levels of adrenal hormones, including cortisol, destroy or reduce the ability of the white blood cells knows as natural killer t cells . Killer t cells aid in the immune response, and when they are suppressed the body is less effective at combatting illness. Pituitary gland: sends response down to adrenal glands.
