عنوان

High altitude :

0824703138

9780824703134

b776891

High altitude :

[Book]

an exploration of human adaptation /

edited by Thomas F. Hornbein, Robert B. Schoene.

New York :

Marcel Dekker,

2001.

xx, 982 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm.

Lung biology in health and disease ;

v. 161

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The growth of knowledge about air, breathing, and circulation as they relate to high altitude / Charles S. Houston -- The atmosphere / John B. West -- The people / Susan Niermeyer, Stacy Zamudio, and Lorna G. Moore -- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of O₂ sensing with special reference to the carotid body / Sukhamay Lahiri and Neil S. Cherniack -- Molecular/Metabolic defense and rescue mechanisms for surviving oxygen lack : from genes to pathways / Peter W. Hochachka -- Control of breathing at high altitude / Curtis A. Smith, Jerome A. Dempsey, and Thomas F. Hornbein -- Mechanisms of breathing / Joseph Milic-Emili, Bengt Kayser, and Henry Gautier -- Gas exchange / Peter D. Wagner -- The cardiovascular system at high altitude : heart and systemic circulation / Eugene E. Wolfel and Benjamin D. Levine -- The pulmonary circulation at high altitude / John T. Reeves and Kurt R. Stenmark -- Cerebral circulation at high altitude / John W. Severinghaus -- The high-altitude brain / Marcus E. Raichle and Thomas F. Hornbein -- Autonomic nervous system / Douglas R. Seals, Pamela Parker Jones, and Kevin P. Davy -- The effects of altitude on skeletal muscle / Howard J. Green and John R. Sutton -- Blood / Robert F. Grover and Peter Bärtsch -- Renal function and fluid homeostasis / Erik R. Swenson -- Metabolic response of lowlanders to high-altitude exposure : malnutrition versus the effect of hypoxia / George A. Brooks and Gail E. Butterfield -- The endocrine system / Jean-Paul Richalet -- High altitude and human immune responsiveness / Richard T. Meeham, Peter N. Uchakin, and Clarence F. Sams -- Exercise and hypoxia : performance, limits, and training / Robert Roach and Bengt Kayser -- Sleep / John V. Weil and David P. White -- Acute mountain sickness and high-altitude cerebral edema / Peter Bärtsch and Robert Roach (with Diana Depla) -- High-altitude pulmonary edema / Robert B. Schoene, Herbert N. Hultgren, and Erik R. Swenson -- Chronic mountain sickness in Andeans / Carlos C. Monge, Fabiola Léon-Velarde, and Alberto Arrigui -- High altitude and common medical conditions / Peter H. Hackett.

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Adaptation (Physiology)

Altitude, Influence of.

Human beings-- Effect of environment on.

Adaptation, Physiological

Altitude

Altitude Sickness-- physiopathology

Atmospheric Pressure

Hypoxia-- physiopathology

Adaptation (physiologie)

Adaptation (Physiology)

Adaptation physiologique.

Altitude-- Influence.

Altitude, Influence of.

Altitude.

Anoxie-- physiopathologie.

Human beings-- Effect of environment on.

Mal de l'altitude-- physiopathologie.

Pression atmosphérique.

Hornbein, Thomas F.,1930-

Schoene, Robert B.,1946-

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