Effect of sealed chamber conditions on the functional state of the human adrenal cortex (based on data from a study of the 11-hydroxycortico-steroid content in the blood plasma)
Kalandarov, S.; Bychkov, V.P.; Sergienko, A.V.
Kosmicheskaia Biologiia i Aviakosmicheskaia Meditsina 13(4): 39-42
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0321-5040 PMID: 37370 Document Number: 145949
The effect of a changed atmosphere, hypoxia, hypercapnia, their combinations and different motor activities on the adrenocortical function was studied in 36 test subjects kept in an 8 m3 altitude chamber. Human adaptation to the environmental changes developed with an active involvement of the adrenal cortex. The level and direction of the changes depended on both the force of the influences and on the initial state of the test subjects.