1. Noninvasive assessment of cerebral oxygenation during acclimation to hypobaric hypoxia.
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Dunn JF, Grinberg O, Roche M, Nwaigwe CI, Hou HG, and Swartz HM
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- Animals, Atmosphere Exposure Chambers, Atmospheric Pressure, Chronic Disease, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Hypoxia metabolism, Oximetry, Partial Pressure, Rats, Acclimatization physiology, Brain metabolism, Hypoxia physiopathology, Oxygen pharmacokinetics
- Abstract
Factors regulating cerebral tissue PO2 (PtO2) are complex. With the increased use of clinical PtO2 monitors, it has become important to elucidate these mechanisms. The authors are investigating a new methodology (electron paramagnetic resonance oximetry) for use in monitoring cerebral PtO2 in awake animals over time courses of weeks. The authors used this to study cerebral PtO2 in rats during chronic acclimation to hypoxia predicting that such acclimation would cause an increase in PtO2 because of increases that occur in capillary density and oxygen carrying capacity. The average PtO2 between 7 and 21 days was increased by 228% over controls.
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- 2000
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