Stefano George B, Stefano Judith M, Esch Tobias
Neuroscience Research Institute, State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY 11568-0210, USA.
Med Sci Monit. 2008 Feb;14(2):RA17-21.
With this work we examine common pathways and autoregulatory similarities between different physiological phenomena, particularly with regard to stress, relaxation and love responses, against the background of recent research findings. Various stress reducing practices that incorporate an initial and short-lived stress pathway activation, e.g., love, relaxation and placebo responses, exhibit anticipatory stress response (ASR) physiology. The initial activation of this stress component of the total response, i.e., love, relaxation, and mental or physical stress responses, is significant and, as we speculate, may represent a common protective mechanism, since activation (i.e., stress response) is started first and, if the situation appears to be 'safe', may be followed by relaxation, if appropriate. Also, the emergence of love became evolutionarily important in organisms exhibiting cognition, because it deployed the validation for emotionality-controlling logical behavior. Therefore, love and relaxation responses may be considered as intrinsic health promoting physiological capabilities.
通过这项工作，我们结合近期的研究发现，研究了不同生理现象之间的共同途径和自动调节相似性，特别是在压力、放松和爱的反应方面。各种减压练习，包括最初短暂的压力途径激活，如爱、放松和安慰剂反应，都表现出预期应激反应（ASR）生理学。总反应中这种应激成分的初始激活，即爱、放松以及精神或身体应激反应，是显著的，并且正如我们推测的那样，可能代表一种共同的保护机制，因为激活（即应激反应）首先启动，如果情况看起来“安全”，可能随后会在适当的时候出现放松。此外，爱在具有认知能力的生物体中在进化上变得很重要，因为它为控制情绪的逻辑行为提供了验证。因此，爱和放松反应可被视为促进健康的内在生理能力。
