Neurophysiological evidence for cognitive and brain functional adaptation in adolescents living at high altitude

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1726-1734

  Richardson, Cassandra ^a,b   Hogan, Alexandra M ^c   Bucks, Romola S ^b   Baya, Ana ^d   Virues Ortega, Javier ^e,f   Holloway, John W ^g   Rose Zerilli, Matthew ^g   Palmer, Lyle J ^b,h   Webster, Rebecca J ^b   Kirkham, Fenella J ^c   Baldeweg, Torsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Universidad del Valle   (Bolivia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f St Amant Centre   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Altitude; Cognition; EEG; ERP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BETA RHYTHM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BREATHING RATE; CAPNOGRAPHY; COGNITION; DELTA RHYTHM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79960891207     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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