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CONTACT Endocrine Regulations 2011 Endocrine Regulations Vol.45, No.2, p.91-98, 2011
CONTACT Endocrine Regulations 2011 Endocrine Regulations Vol.45, No.2, p.91-98, 2011
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Endocrine Regulations Vol.45, No.2, p.91-98, 2011 |
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| Title: Stress, allostatic load, catecholamines, and other neurotransmitters in neurodegenerative diseases | ||
| Author: D. S. Goldstein | ||
| Abstract: As populations age, the prevalence of geriatric neurodegenerative diseases will increase. These diseases generally are multifactorial, arising from complex interactions among genes, environment, concurrent morbidities, treatments, and time. This essay provides a concept for the pathogenesis of Lewy body diseases such as Parkinson disease, by considering them in the context of allostasis and allostatic load. Allostasis reflects active, adaptive processes that maintain apparent steady states, via multiple interacting effectors regulated by homeostatic comparators—“homeostats.” Stress can be defined as a condition or state in which a sensed discrepancy between afferent information and a setpoint for response leads to activation of effectors, reducing the discrepancy. “Allostatic load” refers to the consequences of sustained or repeated activation of mediators of allostasis. From the analogy of an idling car, the revolutions per minute of the engine can be maintained at any of a variety of levels (allostatic states). Just as allostatic load (cumulative wear and tear) reflects design and manufacturing variations, byproducts of combustion, and time, eventually leading to engine breakdown, allostatic load in catecholaminergic neurons might eventually lead to Lewy body diseases. Central to the argument is that catecholamines in the neuronal cytoplasm are autotoxic and that catecholamines from storage visicles leak into the cytoplasm continuously during life. These neurons therefore depend on vesicular sequestration to limit autotoxicity of cytosolic transmitter. Parkinson disease might be a disease of the elderly because of allostatic load, which depends on genetic predispositions, environmental exposures, repeated stress-related catecholamine release, and time. |
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| Keywords: stress, allostasis, catecholamines, homeostasis, Parkinson disease | ||
| Year: 2011, Volume: 45, Issue: 2 | Page From: 91, Page To: 98 | |
| doi:10.4149/endo_2011_02_91 |
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