[Scatological investigations during 105-day isolation]

Dynamics of the gastrointestinal functioning was reconstructed by analysis of the scatological data from volunteered subjects before, on days 16, 35, 45, 60, 90 and after completion of 105-day isolation experiment. The analysis showed that scatological investigations performed in the conditions imitating life in an exploration vehicle environment are instrumental in detecting deviations in the GI function indicative of pancreas excretory and hepar biliary excretion and synthetic hypofunction that can be responsible for intestinal dysfunction. Normalization of scatological parameters following the experiment witnesses to functional genesis of the changes observed during the exploration mission simulation.