Varying exposure regimes to long term chronic intermittent hypoxia exert different outcomes and morphological effects on Wistar rats at 4600 m

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-179

  Brito, Julio ^a,b   Siqués, Patricia ^a,b   León Velarde, Fabiola ^c   De La Cruz, Juan José ^d   Barlaro, Teresa ^a   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

Altitude; Chronic intermittent hypoxia; Environmental impact; Kidney; Liver; Lung; Morphology; Right ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PULMONARY DISEASES;

CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNGS; RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY;

RATS;

ALTITUDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOXIA; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; RODENT;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 37049016872     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240701382206     Document Type: Article

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