The headache of high altitude and microgravity-similarities with clinical syndromes of cerebral venous hypertension

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-386

  Wilson, Mark H ^a,d   Imray, Christopher H E ^b   Hargens, Alan R ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acutemountain sickness; cerebral venous hypertension; high altitude cerebral edema; high altitude headache; space adaptation syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CEREBRAL VENOUS HYPERTENSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MICROGRAVITY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPACE ADAPTATION SYNDROME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBRUM; HEADACHE; HUMANS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84855185790     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2011.1026     Document Type: Article

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