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Integrated evaluation of the influence of a northern environment on human metabolism and physiological and psychoemotional states

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A socially uniform group of apparently healthy people aged 30–59 years who live in cities of the European North (62°N) was examined. During the course of a year, blood metabolites, parameters of functioning of the cardiovascular system, the psychoemotional state, and actual nutrition were studied monthly. An optimal state of metabolism and physiological systems was found in May and December, whereas, during the winter-spring and autumn-winter periods, the maintenance of energy homeostasis was subjected to stress. Analysis of the data obtained helped to evaluate the key aspects in the adaptation of the body to seasonal changes in environmental factors: the role of anaerobic and aerobic oxidative processes in the maintenance of temperature homeostasis and the relationship between metabolic changes and cardiovascular system functioning and the psychoemotional state.

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  1. Institute of Physiology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, 167982, Komi Republic, Russia

    T. I. Kochan, V. D. Shadrina, N. N. Potolitsyna, T. V. Eseva & O. A. Ketkina

  2. Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar, 167001, Komi Republic, Russia

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Original Russian Text © T.I. Kochan, V.D. Shadrina, N.N. Potolitsyna, T.V. Eseva, O.A. Ketkina, N.S. Bubnova, 2008, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 106–113.

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Kochan, T.I., Shadrina, V.D., Potolitsyna, N.N. et al. Integrated evaluation of the influence of a northern environment on human metabolism and physiological and psychoemotional states. Hum Physiol 34, 356–362 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119708030146

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