[Contribution to the study of stress (author's transl)]

The research activity of the physiological laboratories (Medical and Hygienic Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Roumania) in the area of stress studies is described from three aspects: a) Methods of stress provocation and assessment; b) The effects of hormones, especially of anterior pituitary, on the adaptation to physical load; c) Nervous and endocrine factors of stress (physical exertion, fatigue, high pressure, anoxia).