Free radical-mediated damage to barrier function is not associated with altered brain morphology in high-altitude headache

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-111

  Bailey, Damian M ^a   Roukens, Robin ^b   Knauth, Michael ^c   Kallenberg, Kai ^c   Christ, Stefan ^c   Mohr, Alex ^c   Genius, Just ^d   Storch Hagenlocher, Birgitte ^d   Meisel, Fabien ^d   McEneny, Jane ^e   Young, Ian S ^e   Steiner, Thorsten ^d   Hess, Klaus ^d   Bärtsch, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Blood CSF barrier; Free radicals; Headache; Vasogenic edema

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FREE RADICAL; LIPID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MACROGLIA; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 29144518725     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600169     Document Type: Article

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