High altitude exposure impairs sleep patterns, mood, and cognitive functions

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1298-1306

  De Aquino Lemos, Valdir ^a,b   Antunes, Hanna Karen Moreira ^a,b   Dos Santos, Ronaldo Vagner Thomatieli ^a,b   Lira, Fabio Santos ^a,b,c   Tufik, Sergio ^a,b   De Mello, Marco Túlio ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Estudos em Psicobiologia e Exercício CEPE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Altitude; Aspects of mood; Cognitive functions; Hypoxia; Sleep complaints; Sleep pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865302129     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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