AltitudeOmics: Decreased reaction time after high altitude cognitive testing is a sensitive metric of hypoxic impairment

NeuroReport

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 814-818

  Roach, Emma B ^a   Bleiberg, Joseph ^b   Lathan, Corinna E ^a   Wolpert, Lawrence ^a   Tsao, Jack W ^c   Roach, Robert C ^d  

^a ANTHROTRONIX INC   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bureau of Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain hypoxia; Cognitive reserve; Mild cognitive impairment; Military psychology; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEFENSE AUTOMATED NEUROBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REMISSION; RESPONSE TIME; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 84926106850     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000169     Document Type: Article

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