Progress in the research of stress / 中国病理生理杂志

ABSTRACT

The initial definition of stress and its development were briefly retrospected with elucidating the significance of stress in life sciences study. Stress is involved in a variety of physiological and pathophysiological processes. Description of the advances focusing on the relationships between stress and several body systems including nervous system, immune system and cardiovascular system etc. and on the stress molecules and signal transduction was carried out. The ultimate aim of the review is to emphasize the importance and the distinct position of stress during the development of modern bio-medicine, and to further attract more attention to the research field of stress from more scientists.