Chronic restraint stress upregulates erythropoiesis through glucocorticoid stimulation.

In response to elevated glucocorticoid levels, erythroid progenitors rapidly expand to produce large numbers of young erythrocytes. Previous work demonstrates hematopoietic changes in rodents exposed to various physical and psychological stressors, however, the effects of chronic psychological stres...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey L Voorhees, Nicole D Powell, Leni Moldovan, Xiaokui Mo, Timothy D Eubank, Clay B Marsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3799740?pdf=render