Sleep at high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 180-189

  Weil, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Acetazolamide; Arousals; Awakening; Benzodiazepines; Hypocapnia; Hypoxia; Periodic breathing

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; TEMAZEPAM;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; RESPIRATION; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 4143057063     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1527029041352162     Document Type: Article

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