Allostatic load or overload???

[SamiJ]

In the pyschology book it refers to the ‘wear and tear” on the brain and body due to cumulative exposure to increased secretion and presence of stress hormones over a period of time as Allostatic load, but I have Jacaranda StudyON cards that call the same thing Allostatic overload.

So which is it? Or are the two interchangable??? Thanks

[Camo]

Allostatic load - refers to the physiological costs of chronic exposure to the neural or neuroendocrine stress response.
Allostatic overload - when this basically gets to the point of 'overload' and its becomes to significant. e.g war veterans.

[Camo]

Therefore load is the exposure and overload is basically too much load.

Edited

[SamiJ]

Ahhh that makes sense, thanks
But wouldn't over load be too much load, not too much overload???

[Camo]

Ahhh that makes sense, thanks
But wouldn't over load be too much load, not too much overload???

Yeah but you get what I mean don't you?

[SamiJ]

Yeah, of course