With the growing interest in adventure travel and the increasing ease and affordability of air,
rail, and road-based transportation, increasing numbers of individuals are traveling to high …

Acute moderate intensity exercise has been shown to improve cognitive performance. In
contrast, hypoxia is believed to impair cognitive performance. The detrimental effects of …

A comprehensive update to this preeminent and accessible text, this fifth edition of a
bestseller was developed as a response to man's attempts to climb unaided to higher …

1 History 1 2 The atmosphere 16 3 Geography and the human response to altitude 28 4
Genetics and high altitude 40 5 Altitude acclimatization and deterioration 53 6 Control of …

Areas at high-altitude, annually attract millions of tourists, skiers, trekkers, and climbers. If not
adequately prepared and not considering certain ascent rules, a considerable proportion of …

Flow back along a needle track (backflow) can be a problem during direct infusion, eg
convection-enhanced delivery (CED), of drugs into soft tissues such as brain. In this study …

This experiment simulated the hypoxic environment caused by actual production operations
in fish farming (ie, catching, gathering, transferring, and weighting) to study the effects of …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Acute mountain sickness occurs in more than 25% of the tens of
millions of people who travel to high altitude each year. Previous studies on …

The pathophysiology of acute mountain sickness and high-altitude cerebral edema, the
cerebral forms of high-altitude illness, remain uncertain and controversial. Persistently …

A new MRI technique to map the oxygenation of venous blood is presented. The method
uses velocity‐selective excitation and arterial nulling pulses, combined with phase sensitive …