Regional cerebral blood flow in humans at high altitude: Gradual ascent and 2 wk at 5,050 m

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 905-910

  Willie, C K ^a   Smith, K J ^a   Day, T A ^b   Ray, L A ^a   Lewis, N C S ^a   Bakker, A ^c   MacLeod, D B ^d   Ainslie, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Altitude; Brain; Cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899644830     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00594.2013     Document Type: Article

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