南極で1年間極度に孤立した状態が嗅覚と味覚に与える影響
Bea Klos1, Sophia Wolf1, Kathrin Ohla2
1Internal Medicine VI, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Scientific reports
|September 5, 2025
まとめ
味覚や嗅覚の機能は 南極の極端な環境で 損なわれることがあります コンコルディア・ステーションでの研究では 隔離中に嗅覚が低下し 塩の味覚が変化することが示されました
科学分野:
- 感覚神経科学
- 環境生理学
- 宇宙医学
背景:
- 味覚と嗅覚は栄養とエネルギーバランスのために不可欠であり,特に隔離され,閉じ込められ,極端な (ICE) 環境では重要です.
- コンコルディアのような南極研究ステーションは 低酸素や低湿度など 独特の課題を提示し 化学感覚の知覚に影響を及ぼす可能性があります
- これらの極端な状態が人の味覚や嗅覚に与える影響に関する研究は限られている.
研究 の 目的:
- 南極の環境で長期にわたる隔離が 味覚や嗅覚に与える影響を調査する.
- コンコルディア・ステーションで冬を過ごすときの味覚や嗅覚の変化を評価する.
- 客観的な感覚測定と主観的な自己報告を比較する.
主な方法:
- コンコルディア・ステーションで冬を過ごす2つのミッションで19人の参加者が評価されました.
- 味覚機能はODOFINの味覚棒で,嗅覚機能はODOFINの嗅覚棒で測定した.
- 検診は出発前,隔離中に複数回,隔離後に行われ,主観的な感覚報告で補完された.
主要な成果:
- 隔離中にヒポズミア (匂いの減少) が著しく増加し,匂いの識別が低下する傾向が見られた.
- 中期から後期までの隔離期に塩分感度が低下した.
- 嗅覚の回復は限定的であった.
結論:
- 極端な南極の環境で1年間滞在すると 化学感知機能の個別の変動が起こります
- コンコルディア駅での環境異常は 味と匂いに影響を及ぼすが 原因はさらなる調査が必要である
- 化学感知機能の監視は,極端で狭い環境では極めて重要であり,長期間の宇宙ミッションや地上類に影響を及ぼします.
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