Chronic Stress and Obesity: A New View of "Comfort Food"
Chronic Stress and Obesity: A New View of "Comfort Food"
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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The effects of adrenal corticosteroids on subsequent adrenocorticotropin secretion are complex. Acutely (within hours), glucocorticoids (GCs) directly inhibit further activity in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, but the chronic actions (across days) of these steroids on brain are directly excitatory. Chronically high concentrations of GCs ac...
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Chronic Stress and Obesity: A New View of "Comfort Food"
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TN_cdi_jstor_primary_3147854
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_jstor_primary_3147854
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1934666100
