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apl. Prof. at Ulm University @uni_ulm, Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics @OrthoLabUlm, mum of 👧🏻 and 🐈🐈 scientist, realist, optimist
Jun 6, 2023 7 tweets 5 min read
A dream came true!! Our paper: "Neutrophil-derived catecholamines mediate negative stress effects on bone" is now published in @NatureComms 🎉

This work is a joint project from my group at @OrthoLabUlm & @MolPsySoUlm! A fantastic cross-discipline collaboration!

A thread: Image We found out earlier that chronic psychosocial stress during adulthood disturbs long bone growth and fracture healing in mice: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1…

But the question was: what is the mechanism? We answered that in our latest study. Stress leads to catecholamine production ...