Are Himalayan Sherpas better protected against brain damage associated with extreme altitude climbs?

Clinical Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-85

  Garrido, Eduardo ^a,e   Segura, Ramón ^d   Capdevila, Antoni ^b   Pujol, Jesús ^b   Javierre, Casimiro ^a   Ventura, Josep Ll ^c  

^a Ctr High Perf Exercise Physiol   (Spain)

^b Magnetic Resonance Ctr of Pedralbes   (Spain)

^c 'Princeps d'Espanya' Univ Hospital   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude; Brain; Climbing; Hypoxia; Magnetic resonance; Neurological symptoms; Sherpas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PROTECTION; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030070489     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0900081     Document Type: Article

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