%A XING Xiao-Li; ZHAO Jun-Feng; ZHAO Guo-Xiang %T Role of social support in buffering effects of stress #br# on neural and endocrine systems %0 Journal Article %D 2016 %J Advances in Psychological Science %R 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2016.00517 %P 517-524 %V 24 %N 4 %U {https://journal.psych.ac.cn/xlkxjz/CN/abstract/article_3464.shtml} %8 2016-04-15 %X

Stress is an unavoidable event in our daily life, and exposure to stress chronically is considered a principal cause for psychosomatic disorders. Stressor could trigger a series of physiological responses, including over-activation of automatic nervous system (ANS)and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Social support might relieve the effect of stress on ANS and HPA axis by buffering or attenuating the activity of stress-related neural regions and therefore reinstate homeostasis rapidly, which prevents the organism from stress-related damage.