“Omics” of High Altitude Biology: A Urinary Metabolomics Biomarker Study of Rats Under Hypobaric Hypoxia
Koundal S, Gandhi S, Kaur T, Mazumder A, Khushu S. “Omics” of High Altitude Biology: A Urinary Metabolomics Biomarker Study of Rats Under Hypobaric Hypoxia. OMICS A Journal Of Integrative Biology 2015, 19: 757-765. PMID: 26669710, DOI: 10.1089/omi.2015.0155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypobaric hypoxiaSports medicineHypobaric hypoxia exposurePreclinical rat modelHigh altitude medicineAltitude medicineCell membrane metabolismUse of metabolomicsUrinary metabolomeHepatic functionLiver histopathologyRat modelLiver functioningHypoxia exposureHealth problemsMultivariate analysisPotential biomarkersAttendant health problemsTCA cycle metabolitesBiomarker studiesHypoxiaUrine samplesTaurine metabolismMembrane metabolismCycle metabolitesInvestigation of prolonged hypobaric hypoxia-induced change in rat brain using T2 relaxometry and diffusion tensor imaging at 7T
Koundal S, Gandhi S, Kaur T, Trivedi R, Khushu S. Investigation of prolonged hypobaric hypoxia-induced change in rat brain using T2 relaxometry and diffusion tensor imaging at 7T. Neuroscience 2015, 289: 106-113. PMID: 25592421, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.12.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorpus callosumDiffusion tensor imagingHH exposureADC valuesEdema formationT2 relaxometryGroups of ratsApparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) changesCytotoxic edema formationHypoxia-induced changesWater diffusion changesCytotoxic edemaHippocampal regionRat brainHH groupT2 valuesIron depositionTensor imagingRatsMagnetic resonance imaging modalitiesImaging modalitiesDiffusion changesHippocampusDiffusion tensorMRI modalities