• Aerosp Med Hum Perform · Sep 2015

    Cerebrovascular Response to CO2 Following 10 Days of Intermittent Hypoxia in Humans.

    • Jordan S Querido, Joseph F Welch, Najib T Ayas, and A William Sheel.
    • Faculty of Medicine and the School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia - Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
    • Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2015 Sep 1; 86 (9): 782-6.

    IntroductionIt has been demonstrated that the cerebrovascular response to hypoxia is blunted following 10 d of intermittent hypoxia (IH) in healthy humans. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that IH reduces the cerebrovascular response to CO2.MethodsHealthy male subjects (N=8; 25±2 yr) were exposed to 10 consecutive days of IH (12% O2 for 5 min followed by 5 min of normoxia for 1 h/d). The cerebrovascular response to CO2 was assessed prior to (PRE-IH) and following (POST-IH) the IH paradigm with transcranial Doppler ultrasound.ResultsThere was no change in eupnic measures during or following the IH paradigm; however, the ventilatory response to IH increased by the last exposure (3.0±2.8 L·min(-1)). Cerebral blood flow velocity decreased and increased with hypocapnia and hypercapnia, respectively, but cerebrovascular sensitivity to CO2 remained unchanged with IH (PRE-IH: 2.58±0.50%/mmHg; POST-IH: 2.59±0.74%/mmHg).DiscussionOur data indicates that 10 d of IH in healthy humans does not alter the cerebrovascular response to CO2. Redundancy of cerebrovascular regulation mechanisms to CO2 may work to counteract IH-induced dysregulation and protect cerebral tissue.

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