Caudwell Xtreme Everest: A prospective study of the effects of environmental hypoxia on cognitive functioning.

Caudwell Xtreme Everest: A prospective study of the effects of environmental hypoxia on cognitive functioning.

The neuropsychological consequences of exposure to environmental hypobaric hypoxia (EHH) remain unclear. We thus investigated them in a large group of healthy volunteers who trekked to Mount Everest base camp (5,300 m).A neuropsychological (NP) test battery assessing memory, language, attention, and...

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Main Authors: Konstadina Griva, Jan Stygall, Mark H Wilson, Daniel Martin, Denny Levett, Kay Mitchell, Monty Mythen, Hugh E Montgomery, Mike P Grocott, Golnar Aref-Adib, Mark Edsell, Tracie Plant, Chris Imray, Debbie Cooke, Jane Harrington, Maryam Khosravi, Stanton P Newman, Caudwell Xtreme Everest Research Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5367700?pdf=render

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