Cerebrovascular responses to hypoxia and hypocapnia in Ethiopian high altitude dwellers

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 336-342

  Claydon, Victoria E ^a,b   Gulli, Giosué ^b   Slessarev, Marat ^c,d   Appenzeller, Otto ^e   Zenebe, Guta ^f   Gebremedhin, Amha ^f   Hainsworth, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation   (United States)

^f ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular responses; Ethiopia; High altitude; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; ADAPTATION; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ETHIOPIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RESPIRATION;

EID: 39349083324     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.491498     Document Type: Article

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