In the initial stage, this hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may be an adaptive response responsible for enhancing cardiac performance [ 43].
An observed increase of receptor affinity may be an adaptive response to the reduction in binding capacity.
Thus, AMPK activation seems to be an adaptive response to maintain energy supply.
For one, anxiety can be an adaptive response that keeps us alert to danger and things going wrong.
"But tanning itself appears to be an adaptive response to harmful stress". That's the story of tanning, but what about people who don't tan?
One important consideration of all these models, including our own, is that decreased β-cell function may in part be an adaptive response to energy excess as less insulin is required to transport glucose into muscle due to excess fat.
Low levels of genetic variation in Andean Ctenomys, claimed to be an adaptive response to the stable subterranean niche, can be attained by the recurrent catastrophe-induced effects of genetic drift.
The changes in PSTs production and composition might be an adaptive response for A. tamarense to overcome the stress of ENPs exposure.
Sepsis-induced myocardial depression, though challenging in its management, may be an adaptive response by the heart in sepsis.
Therefore, cell-cycle inhibition may be an adaptive response that helps EtOH-exposed livers survive situations, such as PH, that acutely increase reactive oxygen species in hepatocytes.
The authors suggested that LV dilatation might be an adaptive response of the heart to maintain stroke volume despite sepsis-induced systolic cardiac depression [3].
