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Summer Session Kansan Tuesday,Aug. 3,1965
Grant Given In Anatomy
Paul G. Roofe, professor of anatomy at the University of Kansas, has been awarded a renewal grant of $15,363 for his research supported by the United States Public Health Service.
The grant covers work on a study begun four years ago on vascular changes in joints due to low oxygen tension. The major discovery thus far has been the increase in the number of brain cells in new-born rats when the mothers have been held at 20,000 feet atmospheric pressure.
Roofe's previous research with rats has been to subject them to low pressure conditions in altitude chambers. Changes in vascular patterns are related to the discomfort known as "the bends," experienced by deep-sea divers and airplane pilots.
Other research on the project has concentrated on mitochondria, little organisms with the cells that handle oxygen, and which increase in number and size to respond to changing environments.
Duane Johnson, KU graduate student, Red Wing, Minn., has assisted Roofe and will continue a two-year study on rats which have had half of their cerebellum deprived of all sensations. This research will be conducted at normal and at high level atmospheric pressures.
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