Evidence for cerebral edema, cerebral perfusion, and intracranial pressure elevations in acute mountain sickness

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Dipasquale, Dana M ^a   Muza, Stephen R ^b   Gunn, Andrea M ^a   Li, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Quan ^a,c   Harris, N Stuart ^a   Strangman, Gary E ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Exercise; Hemoglobin; Hypobaria; Hypoxia; Illness; Near infrared spectroscopy; Normobaric; Optic nerve sheath

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CYCLING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPTOMS QUESTIONNAIRE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOBARIC HYPOXIA; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMOBARIC HYPOXIA; OPTIC NERVE SHEATH DIAMETER; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE DISEASE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPLICATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84957638934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.437     Document Type: Article

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