HPE 158 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Atherosclerosis
3 Mar 2019
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No, he said they are scheming, back stabbing machiavellian bastards. perfect subjects for his research. Subordinates had increased heart rates and higher blood pressure; this was the first time stress was linked to the deteriorating health of a primate in the wild. Hierarchy based upon job rank had an effect on risk of disease and length of life. Weakened immune system from stress the stomach bacteria proliferates. In the macaque monkey research, carol shively found what difference between the dominant. Dominant monkey"s had clean arteries, subordinate had atherosclerosis. Stress and the resulting flood of hormones had increased blood pressure harming the artery walls making them repositories for plaque. The cells of normal rat brains have extensive branches, the stressed rat"s brain cells were dramatically smaller with far less branching.
