(1) Name and title : Shiraki, Keizo, Professor, MD, Ph.D.

(2) Key Words of the Research :

(3) Publications:

Books and Chapters

  1. K. Shiraki, K. Nagaya, and S. Sagawa. Circulatory responses and sympathetic nerve activity during head-down tilt in humans. In Physiological Basis of Occupational Health: Stressful Environments. K. Shiraki, S. Sagawa, and M. K. Yousef (eds.). SPB Academic Publishing bv, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996, pp. 85-95.
  2. R. Elsner, K. Shiraki, and M. Mohri. Seals and ama, animal and human diving experts. In Physiological Basis of Occupational Health: Stressful Environments. K. Shiraki, S. Sagawa, and M. K. Yousef (eds.). SPB Academic Publishing bv, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996, pp. 127-135.
  3. J. R. Claybaugh, K. Shiraki, A. K. Sato, and P. B. Bennett. Work capacity in hyperbaric environment. In Physiological Basis of Occupational Health: Stressful Environments. K. Shiraki, S. Sagawa, and M. K. Yousef (eds.). SPB Academic Publishing bv, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996, pp. 137-146.
  4. S. Sagawa, H. Takeuchi, M. Mohri, J. R. Claybaugh, K. Shiraki, and S. K. Hong. Body fluid balance and renal function during saturation dives. In Physiological Basis of Occupational Health: Stressful Environments. K. Shiraki, S. Sagawa, and M. K. Yousef (eds.). SPB Academic Publishing bv, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996, pp. 147-155.
  5. K. Shiraki., J. R. Claybaugh. Effects of hyperbaria on physical capacity in humans. In The 1997 Nagano Symposium on Sports Sciences. H. Nose, E. R. Nadel, and T. Morimoto (eds.) Cooper Publishing Group, LLC, Carmel, IN., 1998, pp: 245-255.
  6. Keizo Shiraki, Sueko Sagawa, John R. Claybaugh and Motohiko Mohri. Renal and Endocrine Adaptation at Hyperbaria. in Adaptation Biology and Medicine (Vol. 2). K. B. Pandolf, N. Takeda and P. K. Singal (Eds). Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India, 1999, pp. 294-302.
  7. John R. Claybaugh, Beau J. Freund and Keizo Shiraki. Physical Performance Capacity in Hyperbaric Environments. in Adaptation Biology and Medicine (Vol. 2). K. B. Pandolf, N. Takeda and P. K. Singal (Eds). Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India, 1999, pp. 352-359.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  1. R. Torii, S. Sagawa, F. Wada, K. Nagaya, Y. Endo, F. Yamazaki, T. Nakamura, J. R. Claybaugh, and K. Shiraki. Mechanism for changes in vasopressin during acute exposure at 3 atm abs air. Am. J. Physiol. 273 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 42 ): R259-R264, 1997.
  2. S. Sagawa, R. Torii, K. Nagaya, F. Wada, Y. Endo, and K. Shiraki. Carotid baroreflex control of heart rate during acute exposure to simulated altitudes of 3,800 m and 4,300 m. Am. J. Physiol. 273 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 42 ): R1219-R1223, 1997.
  3. F. Yamazaki, S. Sagawa, R. Torii, Y. Endo, and K. Shiraki. Effects of acute hyperthermia on the carotid baroreflex control of heart rate in humans. Int. J. Biometeorol. 40: 200-205, 1997.
  4. Jang Kyu Choi, Kenju Miki, Sueko Sagawa, and Keizo Shiraki. Evaluation of mean skin temperature formulas by infrared thermography. International J. Biometeorology, 41: 68-75, 1997.
  5. F. Yamazaki, K. Shiraki, S. Sagawa, Y. Endo, R. Torii, H. Yamaguchi, M. Mohri, and Y. C. Lin. Assessment of cardiac autonomic nervous activities during heliox exposure at 24 atm abs. Aviat. Space and Environ. Med. 69: 643-646, 1998.
  6. K. Shiraki, R. Elsner, R. Torii, and M. Mohri. Lack of effect of 24 ATM ABS environment on face immersion bradycardia in human subjects. Undersea & Hyperbaric Med., 24: 189-190, 1998.
  7. F. Tajima, S. Sagawa, J. R. Claybaugh, ,and K. Shiraki. Renal, Endocrine, and Cardiovascular Responses during Head -out Water Immersion in Legless Men. Aviat. Space. Environ. Med., 70: 465-70, 1999.
  8. Yamaguchi, H., Mohri, M., and Shiraki, K. Evaluation of cutaneous insensible water loss during hyperbaric exposure in humans. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 70 (10); 990 - 995, 1999.
  9. J. E. Greenleaf, K. Shiraki, S. Sagawa, K. Miki, F. Wada, K. Nagaya, R. Torii and L. C. Keil. Is the Gauer-Henry reflex important for immersion diuresis in men? J. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine. 70: 1201-1205, 1999.
  10. F. Yamazaki, Y. Endo, R. Torii, S. Sagawa, And K. Shiraki. Continuous monitoring of change in hemodilution during water immersion in humans: effect of water temperature. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 71: 632-639, 2000.

(4) Academic Activity

Chairman of Environmental Physiology Commission on International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)
Physiological Society of Japan (Councilor)
Biometeorological Society of Japan (Councilor)
Japanese Society of Nutrition Sciences and Food (Councilor)
American Physiological Society
American College of Sports Medicine
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
New York Academy of Sciences

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