Mechanisms of human adaptation to hypoxia
Baranova, T.I.; Kovalenko, R.I.; Molchanov, A.A.; Sviridenko, M.V.; Ianvareva, I.N.; Zhekalov, A.N.
Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal Imeni I.M. Sechenova 89(11): 1370-1379
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-8139 PMID: 14758662 Document Number: 553976
The effects of adaptation to cold-and-hypoxic exposure on the cardiovascular system, lipid peroxidation and concentrations of adaptogenesis involved hormones were studied in male students. The two weeks cold- and hypoxic training was shown to be accompanied by a significant increase of apnea duration, reduced velocity of bradycardia development and a more rapid ECG post-cold and- hypoxic exposure normalization, as well as by inhibition of activation of adrenal cortex and thyroid gland after stress of different nature. The changes of the character of influences between the indices under study, were demonstrated. The correlation analysis showed an increase of the human's adaptive potential and a decrease of its dependence on the adrenal cortex hormones.