is his name, but everyone at the conf. just called him
Alf all the time!
The part he showed concerned the effect of exercise
prior to decompression. He had a lethal treatment
that left 10 out of 10 rats dead, but when they exercised
heavily 24 hours prior to the treatment, 8 out of 10
survived. He first theorized that it was due to nitrious
oxide- NO ( it think that was the compound ) produced by
the exercise. Oddly 8 hours was too soon and 48
hours too long to wait or the benefit was not there.
To test the NO theory he did the treatment again with
a NO-blocker and waiting 24 hours and still had something
like a 60% survival rate on a normally lethal treatment.
That has led him to start looking at other components
besides the NO such as heat shock proteins.
Pretty interesting stuff.
Kell
Alf all the time!
The part he showed concerned the effect of exercise
prior to decompression. He had a lethal treatment
that left 10 out of 10 rats dead, but when they exercised
heavily 24 hours prior to the treatment, 8 out of 10
survived. He first theorized that it was due to nitrious
oxide- NO ( it think that was the compound ) produced by
the exercise. Oddly 8 hours was too soon and 48
hours too long to wait or the benefit was not there.
To test the NO theory he did the treatment again with
a NO-blocker and waiting 24 hours and still had something
like a 60% survival rate on a normally lethal treatment.
That has led him to start looking at other components
besides the NO such as heat shock proteins.
Pretty interesting stuff.
Kell
