Evaluation of the Deformability of Rats’ Erythrocytes Exposed to Physical Pressure

About the authors:

Alexey V. Belkin, Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Human and Animal Physiology, University of Tyumen; alexbel2@mail.ru

Vitaliy N. Dubrovsky, Can. Sci. (Biol.), Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Human and Animal Physiology, University of Tyumen; vnd3@yandex.ru

Ksenia Yu. Maslakova, Master Student, Department of Anatomy and Human and Animal Physiology, University of Tyumen; k.y.maslakova@utmn.ru

Abstract:

This article studies the effect of physical stress on rheological parameters of rat blood. The authors have researched the effect of physiological stress factors — swimming and short-term overheating on erythrocyte deformability.

According to the parameters of the leukocyte formula, the results confirm the fact of stress reaction in experimental animals.

After the exposure to a measured physical load, an increase in the deformity index of blood erythrocytes in rats was observed, in comparison with the analogous blood indices of the animals in the control group.

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