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Stressor-Specific Activation of Catecholamine Systems in Humans

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Hans Selye introduced and popularized stress as a medical scientific idea. While a medical student he came to the view that all sick patients looked about the same. Eventually he developed a theory of stress that enjoyed wide acceptance.

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  1. Clinical Neurocardiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1620, USA

    David S. Goldstein & Courtney S. Holmes

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA

    Steven M. Frank

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  1. Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

    Toshiharu Nagatsu

  2. Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Toshitaka Nabeshima

  3. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    Richard McCarty

  4. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    David S. Goldstein

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Goldstein, D.S., Holmes, C.S., Frank, S.M. (2002). Stressor-Specific Activation of Catecholamine Systems in Humans. In: Nagatsu, T., Nabeshima, T., McCarty, R., Goldstein, D.S. (eds) Catecholamine Research. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 53. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3538-3_79

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