Erythrocyte function of rats under emotional stress

The effect of neurogenic stress of the conflict-of-afferent-excitations-type on the oxidizing erythrocyte properties and qualitative and quantitative red blood changes has been studied. Neurogenic stress was demonstrated to significantly affect the erythrocyte functional state in rats. Activation of free-radical oxidation of erythrocyte membrane lipids took place, provoking changes in their permiability and disorders of oxygen fixation and release. It is suggested that these changes may be the underlying mechanism of the developing tissue hypoxia and play a leading role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases.