Stress and thyrocyte genetic trigger at rats
It was found that the anxiety phase in painful and emotional stress (60 min of the experiment) showed only stress-stipu­lated signs of enhancement of thyrocyte secretory function, with the thyrocyte proliferative activity being decreased. The fact that the stress effect on the thyrocyte function and proliferation was not unidirectional can indicate a corresponding stress hormone switching over of the genetic trigger, limiting the function and division of specialized cells, to supply of secretory elements to the thyroid gland.