Cerebral blood flow velocity and psychomotor performance during acute hypoxia

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-113

  Blogg, S Lesley ^a,c   Gennser, Mikael ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Hypoxic environments; Medial cerebral artery; Mental tasks

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ALERTNESS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 32044453534     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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