Sustained high-altitude hypoxia increases cerebral oxygen metabolism

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-18

  Smith, Zachary M ^a   Krizay, Erin ^a   Guo, Jia ^a,b   Shin, David D ^a   Scadeng, Miriam ^a   Dubowitz, David J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral oxygen metabolism; High altitude; Hypoxia; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOXIA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; VEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ARTERIES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; VEINS;

EID: 84871756366     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00703.2012     Document Type: Article

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