Effects of exposure to altitude on neuropsychology aspects: A literature review;Efeitos da exposição à altitude sobre os aspectos neuropsicológicos: Uma revisão da literatura

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Lemos, Valdir De Aquino ^a,b   Antunes, Hanna Karen Moreira ^a,b   Dos Santos, Ronaldo Vagner Thomatieli ^a,b   Prado, Juliana Martuscelli Da Silva ^b   Tufik, Sergio ^a,b,c   De Mello, Marco Túlio ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Estudos em Psicobiologia e Exercicio CEPE   (Brazil)

^c Ministério de Ciência Tecnologia e Inovação Salvador   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Altitude; Disease prevention; Hypoxia; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77950531122     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009005000013     Document Type: Review

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