Neuropsychological functioning associated with high-altitude exposure

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-224

  Virués Ortega, Javier ^a,b   Buela Casal, Gualberto ^a   Garrido, Eduardo ^c,d   Alcázar, Bernardino ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Servicio Andaluz de Salud   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Servicio de Neumología Hospital Médico Quirúrgico   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute hypoxia; Altitude; Brain dysfunction; Hypocapnia; Mild neuropsychological impairment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREATHING; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FRONTAL LOBE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOUCH;

EID: 17644381575     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-004-8159-4     Document Type: Review

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