[OMEGA]3 Supplementation and intermittent
hypobaric hypoxia induce cardioprotection enhancing antioxidant mechanisms in adult rats.
Dietary L-carnitine Improves Pulmonary Hypertensive Response in Broiler Chickens Subjected to
Hypobaric Hypoxia.
However, atmospheric pressure is also relevant, as differences between reactions to normobaric and
hypobaric hypoxia have been demonstrated [4-7].
Mice were exposed to
hypobaric hypoxia (0.5 atmospheres in room air equivalent to 10% v/v oxygen) for approximately 4 weeks; normoxia controls were left in ordinary room air [19].
Withanolide-enriched extract from the Withania somnifera root (methanol-water 25:75, v/v) was evaluated on induced
hypobaric hypoxia in rats.
The adaptation of the cardiovascular system to
hypobaric hypoxia is an important entity in all high altitude studies.
The climbers have trained in specialized rooms called
hypobaric chambers, which allow trainers to manipulate air pressure and to prepare climbers' bodies for the high-altitude, low-oxygen environment of the mountain.
Recently, various living low training high (LLTH) methods such as intermittent hypoxic training (IHT), repeated sprint training in hypoxia (RSH), and resistance training in hypoxia (RTH) has become an increasingly popular altitude/hypoxic practice, where athletes live at or near sea-level but train at 2,000 to 4,500 m simulated
hypobaric or normobaric hypoxic conditions (Faiss et al., 2013a; Girard et al., 2017; Hamlin et al., 2010).
That's the
hypobaric (altitude) chamber at Arizona State University in use at right.
As reported in some studies, the expression of HIF-1a varied distinctly in different hypoxic conditions, such as sustained hypoxia and intermittent hypoxia.[sup][28] In fact, both fatigability and HIF-1a level were different in skeletal muscle in short-term and prolonged intermittent hypoxia.[sup][29],[30] Vigano et al .[sup][31] reported that HIF-1a in human skeletal muscle was at the prehypoxia levels after exposure to
hypobaric hypoxia for 7–9 days, despite that proteins involved in TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, and oxidative stress responses were significantly decreased.