Institute
of Adaptive & Spaceflight Physiology
Graz, Austria
Institut für Adaptive und Raumfahrtphysiologie
Research
projects & activities
Cardiovascular regulation
in humans
- Head-up and
head-down body tilting
- Lower
body suction (LBNP)
- Lower
body compression (LBPP)
- Bed-rest
immobilization
International
cooperations
NASA Ames Research
Center
- Cardiovascular Regulatory Changes Following Short Arm Centrifugation
With and Without Aerobic Work (based on Ames H.R.P’s 145,158,191)
- Cardiovascular Regulatory Changes Following
Centrifugation on the Ames 20G Human-Rated Centrifuge
- Exercise training on the short- and long-arm centrifuges
(Tsk 10469)
- Hyperhydration during rest and exercise (see
publications list)
- Fluid and electrolyte metabolism during deconditioning:
rehydration and thermoregulation (see publications list)
- Dehydration at airline cabin altitude (2,800 m)
(see publications list)
IMBP (Institute for Medical-Biological Problems), Moscow, Russia
Institute for Experimental Endocrinology, Academy of Sciences,
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- IAP is a
Twinning Lab for European Centre of Excellence Projects (formerly: Reduction
of negative impact of environmental factors on human health ('Stressnuts')
- current: Endocrinology
of chronic civilization diseases). Coordinator: Prof.
Dr. Daniela Jezová, DrSc. (see publications
list)
Pennsylvania State University (USA)
- Effects of beverage supplementation on maintanance of plasma
volume during prolonged altitude exposure (see publications list)
Kantonshospital Basel (CH)
3rd Medical Department, Semmelweis University, Budapest
(HU)
- Untersuchungen zur hämodynamischen und autonom-nervösen
Anpassung an Gravitationsbelastung (see publications list)
The Lovelace Medical Institutes, Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)
- Effects of barometric pressure and hypoxia on ventilation
and fluid homeostasis (see publications list)
- Acute mountain sickness in women taking oral contraceptives:
Hormonal and fluid balance responses to hypoxia during rest and exercise
(see publications
list)
Csepeli Weiss Manfred Hospital, Budapest (HU)
- Joint head-down tilt bedrest studies
Local
projects
-
Austrian
Research Fund (FWF): Hydration, body fluid dynamics,
and volume regulation in humans
-
Project
#5865, Jubiläumsfonds, Austrian National Bank: Interstitial macromolecules in human blood plasma
(see publications list)
-
Forschungsauftrag
Ministry for Research (bm:wv), Hydration und
simulierte Schwerelosigkeit: Einfluss auf Volumen- und Kreislaufregulation
- P13451-MED
- Austrian Research Fund (FWF): Adaptation to antiorthostasis
with modified extracellular fluid volume (with Physiologisches
Institut, Medical Faculty, University Graz)