| Project/Area Number |
01041060
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Scientific Survey.
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
TOBE Takayoshi Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, 医学部, 教授 (70025641)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HONDA Yoshiyuki Chiba University, 医学部, 教授 (30019525)
HORI Ryohei Kyoto University, 薬学部, 教授 (40001036)
SETO Shiro Shimane Medical College, 医学部, 助手 (00196974)
MATSUBAYASHI Kozo Kochi Medical college, 医学部, 助手 (70190494)
MATSUZAWA Tetsuro Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute, 霊長類研究所, 助教授 (60111986)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1989
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1989)
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| Keywords | Hypoxia / Decompression chamber experiments / Epidemiology / High-altitude medicine / China / Nepla / Highlanders |
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| Research Abstract |
Medical filed-researches were carried out in Himalaya for studying the acclimatization mechanisms to extreme hypoxia. The projects of the year are listed as follows. 1) From April to June, the expedition party succeeded to reach to the top of Mt. MuztagAta (7546m) and carried out the survey of physiological and immunological examination in addition to getting the blood samples from the members. 2) From August to September, a party sent to Nepal for the epidemiological study. 3) Throughout a year, epidemiological studies were done in Tibet area. 4) The after effects of climbing was checked in a decompression chamber in Nagoya Univ.
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