Research Projects

Main Research Topics of Oxygen transport and utilization

Ongoing research (2010) studies includes:

• The role of the autonomic nervous system in the regulation of cardiac output at rest and during exercise in normoxia and hypoxia.
  
• The role of hypoxia on mitochondrial respiration in muscle and fat tissue.
• Dissociation between PaO2 and CaO2 on physiological variables.
• The effects of erythropoietin (epo) on kidney function.
• The mechanisms by which altitude training increases performance.
• Determination of factors/functions deter-mining submaximal exercise performance.
• The effects of hypoxia on iron metabolism.
• Central vs peripheral fatigue in elite vs untrained subjects.
• The effects of blood pressure on stroke volume.
• Regulation of brain blood flow in normoxia and hypoxia.

Future (2011-) planned studies include:

• Regulation of erythropoiesis (epo pro-duction) in hypoxia.
• Effects of erythropoietin (epo) on physical inactivity.
• The effect of different training modalities on insulin sensitivity
• Limitations to maximal exercise in hypoxia