Alterations in cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular reactivity during 14 days at 5050 m

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 741-753

  Lucas, Samuel J E ^a,b   Burgess, Keith R ^c   Thomas, Kate N ^a   Donnelly, Joseph ^a   Peebles, Karen C ^a   Lucas, Rebekah A I ^a,b   Fan, Jui Lin ^a   Cotter, James D ^b   Basnyat, Rishi ^d,e   Ainslie, Philip N ^f  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NEPAL INTERNATIONAL CLINIC   (Nepal)

^e Himalayan Rescue Association   (Nepal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BREATHING MECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPEROXIA; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REST; SEA LEVEL; STEADY STATE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251583147     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.192534     Document Type: Article

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