Alterations in cerebral dynamics at high altitude following partial acclimatization in humans: Wakefulness and sleep

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 658-664

  Ainslie, Philip N ^a   Burgess, Katie ^b   Subedi, Prajan ^c   Burgess, Keith R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Peninsula Private Sleep Laboratory   (Australia)

^c PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Polysomnography; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONITORING; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33846884399     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00911.2006     Document Type: Article

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