Stress, hypoglycemia, and the autonomic nervous system

Stress can be classified as either psychosocial or physiologic. Physiologic stress refers to stresses due to acute illness, trauma, pain, hypoglycemia, and sleep deprivation –much less is known regarding its health consequences. This review focuses on hypoglycemia as a model to further investigate physiological stress. Experimental mild to moderate hypoglycemia is a paradigmatic physiological stress that evokes the autonomic, neuroendocrine, and immune responses. Hypo glycemic stress is an ideal model to examine the interactions and consequences of physiological stress on the autonomic nervous system.

Source: Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical - April 4, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Andrea Haas, David Borsook, Gail Adler, Roy Freeman Tags: Review Source Type: research