Differences in the control of breathing between Andean highlanders and lowlanders after 10 days acclimatization at 3850 m

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1607-1621

  Slessarev, Marat ^a   Mardimae, Alexandra ^a   Preiss, David ^b   Vesely, Alex ^c   Balaban, Dahlia Y ^a   Greene, Richard ^d   Duffin, James ^a   Fisher, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBREATHING; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SEA LEVEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BOLIVIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIDAL VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952905841     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.186064     Document Type: Article

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