0 used to describe the reaction that people have to a dangerous situation, that makes them either stay and deal with it, or run away:
a fight-or-flight response
These situations can be viewed as interpersonal stressors likely to evoke hostility and aggression, also referred to as fight-or-flight responses.
They are involved in r e a d y i n g the body for the fight-or-flight response (also known as the alarm reaction).
The research program's point of departure is the fight-or-flight response and the attendant hypersecretion of cortisol.
The remnant is induced to enter a state of "excessive activity of the sympathico-adrenal," paralleling what happens to an ordinary cat (or human being) during the fight-or-flight response.
Release of the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine from the adrenal medulla of the adrenal glands is part of the fight-or-flight response.
They deliver information to the body about stress and impending danger, and are responsible for the familiar fight-or-flight response.
Sympathetic nervous activation remains in the exhaustion phase and reactions to stress are markedly sensitized as fight-or-flight symptoms return.
The fight-or-flight response activates the sympathetic nervous system in the form of increased focus levels, adrenaline, and epinephrine.
