BookErik R. Swenson, Peter Bärtsch, editors.
Summary: Over the last decade the science and medicine of high altitude and hypoxia adaptation has seen great advances. High Altitude: Human Adaptation to Hypoxia addresses the challenges in dealing with the changes in human physiology and the particular medical conditions that arise from exposure to high altitude.--Excerpt from abstract.
Contents:
1. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of O2 Sensing / Paul T. Schumacker-- 2. Cellular and Molecular Defenses Against Hypoxia / Stilla Frede and Joachim Fandrey
3. Control of Breathing / Luc J. Teppema and Remco R. Berendsen
4. Lung Function and Gas Exchange / Andrew M. Luks and Susan R. Hopkins
5. Pulmonary Circulation / Marco Maggiorini, Peter Bärtsch, and Erik R. Swenson
6. Cardiovascular System / Aaron L. Baggish, Eugene E. Wolfel, and Benjamin D. Levine
7. Cerebral Circulation and Brain / Philip N. Ainslie, Mark H. Wilson, and Christopher H.E. Imray
8. Autonomic Nervous System / Mark J. Drinkhill, Roger Hainsworth, and Victoria E. Claydon
9. Skeletal Muscle Tissue Changes with Hypoxia / Hans Hoppeler, Matthias Mueller, and Michael Vogt
10. Blood and Haemostasis / James S. Milledge and Peter Bärtsch
11. Renal Function and Fluid Homeostasis / Erik R. Swenson and Niels V. Olsen
12. Endocrine Function / Jean-Paul Richalet
13. Gastrointestinal Function / Noor Hamad and Simon Travis
14. Immune System / Robert S. Mazzeo and Erik R. Swenson
15. Nutrition and Metabolism / George A. Brooks
16. Exercise / Carsten Lundby
17. Sleep / Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner and Konrad E. Bloch
18. Reproduction and Growth / Susan Niermeyer
19. Human Evolution at High Altitude / Cynthia M. Beall
20. Acute Mountain Sickness and High Altitude Cerebral Oedema / Peter Bärtsch and Damian Miles Bailey
21. High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) / Robert B. Schoene and Erik R. Swenson
22. Chronic Mountain Sickness / Fabiola León-Velarde, María Rivera-Ch, Luis Huicho, and Francisco C. Villafuerte
23. High Altitude and Common Medical Conditions / Andrew M. Luks and Peter H. Hackett.