Allostasis is the sophisticated, anticipatory biological process wherein the brain dynamically alters internal physiological parameters to meet predicted environmental demands, while allostatic load is the cumulative cellular and systemic wear-and-tear resulting from the chronic overactivation of this predictive regulatory system.
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