Sherpa brain glucose metabolism and defense adaptations against chronic hypoxia

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1355-1361

  Hochachka, P W ^a   Clark, C M ^b   Monge, C ^b   Stanley, C ^b   Brown, W D ^b   Stone, C K ^b   Nickles, R J ^b   Holden, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

altitude adaptation; hypoxia adaptation; positron emission tomography; Quechua

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN PROTECTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029759199     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.3.1355     Document Type: Article

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