Time

Title+Authors

1600-1615

ARTERIAL HYPOXEMIA AND EXERCISE LIMITATION IN HEALTHY HUMANS: CENTRAL VS. PERIPHERAL DETERMINANTS. Markus Amann1, Lee M. Romer2, Andrew W. Subudhi3, David F. Pegelow1, Jerome A. Dempsey1. 1University of Wisconsin Medical School, John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, Madison, WI, USA, 2Center for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK, 3University of Colorado Altitude Research Center, Denver Health Science Center and Colorado Springs campuses, CO, USA. Email: amann@wisc.edu.

1615-1630

A POSSIBLE ROLE FOR ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES IN THE SYSTEMIC MICROVASCULAR INFLAMMATION OF HYPOXIA. Norberto Gonzalez, Gustavo Blanco, Eric Schmidt, Julie Allen, John Wood. Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center. Email: ngonzale@kumc.edu.

1645-1700

ACETAZOLAMIDE REDUCES FLUID FLUX FROM PULMONARY VASCULATURE IN HORSES DURING EXERTION. George Heigenhauser1, Laurent Viel2, Henry Staempfli2, Modest Vengust2,3. 1Department of Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5, 2Department of Clinical Studies, University of Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1, 3Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana SI-1115, Slovenia. Email: heigeng@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca.

1700-1715

FREE RADICAL INDUCED RESPIRATORY MUSCLE DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING CHRONIC HYPOXIA. Ken O'Halloran1, Karen Looi1, Aidan Bradford2. 1UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland., 2Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland. Email: ken.ohalloran@ucd.ie.

1715-1730

RECOMBINANT HUMAN ERYTHROPOIETIN TREATMENT INCREASES MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE AT MODERATE ALTITUDE. Paul Robach1,3, Jonas Juhl Tomsen2, Pascal Mollard3, José Calbet2,4, Robert Boushel5, Carsten Lundby2,6. 1Medical Department, Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme, Chamonix, France., 2The Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark., 3Laboratoire “Réponses cellulaires et fonctionnelles à l'hypoxie”, EA 2363, A.R.P.E., Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France., 4Department of Physical Education, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain., 5Department of Exercise Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., 6Department of Sport Science, University of Århus, Denmark. Email: paul.robach@ensa.jeunesse-sports.fr.

1730-1745

THE SOLUBLE ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR (SEPOR) INHIBITS THE HYPOXIC VENTILATORY RESPONSE (HVR) IN MICE. Jorge Soliz1, Max Gassmann1, Vincent Joseph2. 1Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich, 2Dpt Pediatrics, Laval University. Email: jsoliz@access.unizh.ch.

1745-1800

SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP OF ALTITUDE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES. D Thomas2, B Honigman1, S Niermeyer1, 3, M Egbert4. 1Altitude Research Center, Division of Emergency Medicine, 2Department of Geography, 3Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 4Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Email: Deborah.Thomas@cudenver.edu.

1800-1815

TOLERANCE OF BIRDS TO EXTREME ALTITUDE: POSSIBLE ROLE OF THE PULMONARY CAPILLARIES. John West, Rebecca Watson, Zhenxing Fu. Department of Medicine, UCSD. Email: jwest@ucsd.edu.

1815-1830

SKELETAL MUSCLE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE: PROTEIN AND ISOFORM ABUNDANCE AND MAXIMAL CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE NA+-K+ATPASE. H. Green1, T. Duhamel1, C. D'Arsigny2, D. O'Donnell2, I. McBride2, J. Ouyang1. 1University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2Respiratory Investigation Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Email: green@healthy.uwaterloo.ca.