Rats breathing low oxygen for three weeks show weaker heart energy systems, especially in the part of the heart that pumps blood, suggesting their heart cells aren’t moving energy around as well.

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Chronic exposure of rats to hypoxic environment alters the mechanism of energy transfer in myocardium.

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1998 Jul

The study looked at rats exposed to low oxygen for 3 weeks and found their heart cells had less of a key energy-handling protein, which matches the claim exactly.

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Chronic exposure of rats to hypoxic environment alters the mechanism of energy transfer in myocardium.

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DOI: 10.1006/JMCC.1998.0694

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