The absolute reliance of the mammalian brain on oxygen to generate ATP renders it acutely
vulnerable to hypoxia, whether at high altitude or in clinical settings of anemia or pulmonary …

Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has shocked world health
authorities generating a global health crisis. The present study aimed to analyze the different …

Rationale: Recent studies suggest that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity can vary
markedly from night to night, which may have important implications for diagnosis and …

Globally, about 400 million people reside at terrestrial altitudes above 1500 m, and more
than 100 million lowlanders visit mountainous areas above 2500 m annually. The …

Intermittent hypoxia (IH) has been the subject of considerable research in recent years, and
triggers a bewildering array of both detrimental and beneficial effects in multiple …

Objectives: To test the hypothesis that daily acute intermittent hypoxia (dAIH) and dAIH
combined with overground walking improve walking speed and endurance in persons with …

In recent years, the altitude acclimatization responses elicited by short-term intermittent
exposure to hypoxia have been subject to renewed attention. The main goal of short-term …

Recent reports suggest that high‐altitude residence may be beneficial in the novel
coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) implicating that traveling to high places or using hypoxic …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects not only the central nervous system, but also peripheral
blood cells including neutrophils and platelets, which actively participate in pathogenesis of …

Increasing evidence indicates that stimulating hippocampal neurogenesis could provide
novel avenues for the treatment of depression, and recent studies have shown that in vitro …