Minimal effects on human memory following long-term living at moderate altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-43

  Zhang, Jiaxing ^a,b   Liu, Haichen ^a   Yan, Xiaodan ^c   Weng, Xuchu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

altitude; hypoxia; memory; neuropsychological test

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADED PICTURE NAMING TEST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FACE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; REY OSTERRIETH COMPLEX FIGURE TEST; SEA LEVEL; SERIAL REACTION TIME TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; CHINA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953819204     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2009.1085     Document Type: Article

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