Acute mental stress physically remodels blood within minutes, making it more prone to clotting, a real-time study reveals. By testing volunteers under pressure, researchers found that psychological stress triggers a burst of free radicals, altering clot structure and raising cardiovascular risks.
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The Physiological Society
Psychological stress catalyses free radical–mediated activation of coagulation in humans
Abstract figure legend This study provides the first in vivo evidence that acute psychological stress triggers systemic free radical formation and prothrombotic remodelling of blood clot microstructu...
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