General adaptation syndrome

Japanese: general adaptation syndrome(英語表記)generaladaptationsyndrome
General adaptation syndrome


[Stress theory]
Selye focused on the fact that when living organisms are exposed to different types of stimuli such as trauma, poisoning, cold, and infectious diseases, a certain uniform reaction occurs regardless of the nature of the stimuli. This reaction is established with the involvement of the endocrine system of the pituitary-adrenal cortex, and he thought that it was originally an adaptive reaction to the body's defense or environmental changes, and named it general adaptation syndrome. The stimuli that cause such reactions are called stressors or stress agents.

From [Serie]

…He became a naturalized Canadian and became the director and professor of the Institute of Experimental Medicine at the University of Montreal in 1945. Since 1936, he has been highly praised internationally for proposing a new concept called general adaptation syndrome, which includes the word "stress." This is generally called the "stress theory." Stress refers to the various non-specific biological reactions that occur in the body when various injuries or stimuli are applied to the mind and body from the outside world, and he argues that the mechanism behind this is deeply involved in the secretion of hormones from the pituitary-adrenal system. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "general adaptation syndrome" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[ストレス学説]
 セリエは生体が外傷,中毒,寒冷,伝染病のような異なった種類の刺激にさらされた際,刺激の性格のいかんにかかわらず,ある種の一様な反応が生じる事実に注目した。この反応は脳下垂体‐副腎皮質系の内分泌系統が関与して成立するもので,もともと生体の防衛あるいは環境の変動に対する適応的な反応であると考え,汎適応症候群general adaptation syndromeと命名している。このような反応の原因となる刺激はストレッサーstresserまたはストレス作因という。…

【セリエ】より

…カナダに帰化し,45年からモントリオール大学の実験医学研究所長兼教授。1936年以降,汎適応症候群general adaptation syndromeという新しい概念を提唱して国際的に高く評価されたがこの中にストレスという言葉が用いられているので,これは一般に〈ストレス学説〉とよばれている。ストレスとは,外界から心身へいろいろな傷害や刺激が加えられると,体内に種々の非特異的な生物反応が起こることをいい,その機序として脳下垂体‐副腎系のホルモン分泌が深く関与すると説く。…

※「general adaptation syndrome」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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