Food for thought: altitude versus normal brain function.
This paper presents a general overview of the implementation of cognitive skills in the normal human brain as viewed from a modern functional brain imaging perspective. It is hoped that information of this type will assist eventually in developing a more informed neurobiological basis for the understanding of the cognitive impairments that occur all too frequently during sojourns to extreme altitude.
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Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans