Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response

ChicagoGranny · Post by **ChicagoGranny** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:15 pm

Excess adrenalin, as a side effect of untreated apnea, is often mentioned in cpaptalk forum. Now, there is a new finding from research at Columbia University.

When an animal faces a predator or sudden danger, the heart rate goes up, breathing becomes more rapid, and fuel in the form of glucose is pumped throughout the body to prepare the animal to fight or flee.

These physiological changes, which constitute the “fight or flight” response, are thought to be triggered in part by the release of the hormone adrenaline.

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“In bony vertebrates, the acute stress response is not possible without osteocalcin,”

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The research revealed that the skeleton releases osteocalcin, which travels through the bloodstream to affect the functions of the biology of the pancreas, the brain, muscles, and other organs.

Full article - https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/bon ... t-response