Figure 3
From: Spleen contributes to restraint stress induced changes in blood leukocytes distribution
Restraint stress increased serum norepinephrine and corticosterone. Immediately following the 1, 7 or 21st cycles of restraint stress, blood was drawn from the retro-orbital plexus to determine norepinephrine and corticosterone. (A) One h after the mice subjected the first cycle stress, the day after mice subjected 7 or 21 cycles stress, blood was collected to determine cytokines. (B) The level of serum IFN-γ increased 1 h following the 1st cycle of restraint stress. (C,D,E,F and G) The level of other cytokines was not significantly different as compared to the controls. (H and I) The stressed mice displayed significantly elevated the concentration of (H) serum norepinephrine and (I) serum corticosterone as compared to the control animals. Data were shown as mean ± SEM (n = 5–8). *p < 0.05 vs. control.
