Homeostasis: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Verywell Mind - How Homeostasis Maintains Your Body's Equilibrium. | Sep 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Homeostatic mechanisms regulate distinct aspects of cortical circuit dynamics. | May 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indiana Unversity Pressbooks - Basic Human Physiology - Homeostasis. | Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Southern Queensland - Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology - Homeostasis. | Nov 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Homeostasis. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - npj Digital Medicine - Homeostasis as a proportional�integral control system. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Western Oregon University - Chemistry - Homeostasis and Cellular Function. | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Physiological Society - Advances in Physiology Education - A physiologist's view of homeostasis. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Feedback Control and the Concept of Homeostasis. | May 27, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Homeostasis: The Underappreciated and Far Too Often Ignored Central Organizing Principle of Physiology. | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BCcampus Publishing - Homeostasis. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Pharmacology for Nurses - What Is Homeostasis? | Sep 04, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | May 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - What Is Homeostasis? | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Physiology, Homeostasis. | Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - How Homeostasis Maintains Your Body's Equilibrium. | Jul 04, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What is Homeostasis? | Jul 04, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 08, 2022 | ||
| Added a video that describes the chemical science of long-distance running. | May 27, 2020 | ||
| Noted that the Gaia hypothesis is considered controversial because of the implication that living things work on behalf of the biosphere rather than toward the goal of their own survival. | May 27, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Homeostasis and Feedback. | May 15, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 16, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 29, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Homeostasis. | Jun 14, 2017 | ||
| Photograph of a thermostat added. | Aug 26, 2015 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Aug 26, 2015 | ||
| Text added describing the use of the concept of homeostasis in ecology. | Aug 26, 2015 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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