Memory deficits at 0.6 MPa ambient air pressure

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-166

  Tetzlaff, K ^a   Leplow, B ^a   Deistler, I ^a   Ramm, G ^a   Fehm Wolfsdorf, G ^a   Warninghoff, V ^a   Bettinghausen, E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Compressed air diving; Inert gas narcosis; Memory; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032162104     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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