Chronic hypoxia in Andeans; are there lessons for neurology at sea level?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-99

  Appenzeller, Otto ^a   Minko, Tamara ^b   Qualls, Clifford ^c   Pozharov, Vitaly ^b   Gamboa, Jorge ^d   Gamboa, Alfredo ^d   Pakunlu, Rafica I ^b  

^a Marathon Clinics Research Foundation   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Aging; Altitude; Chronic mountain sickness; Gene expression; Hypoxia; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HEME OXYGENASE 1; NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE 1; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33746289994     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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