Time course of cardiovascular and hematological responses in rats exposed to chronic intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (4600 m)

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-80

  Siqués Lee, Patricia ^a,b   Brito, Julio ^a,b   León Velarde, Fabiola ^c   Barrios, Luis ^a   de la Cruz, Juan José ^d   López, Vasthi ^a,b   Herruzo, Rafael ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

^b Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Hematocrit; Hemoglobin; Hypoxia; Intermittent hypoxia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MINER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TIME;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; POLYCYTHEMIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33645638641     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2006.7.72     Document Type: Article

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