Introduction Constant suppliance of oxygen plays one of the crucial roles in normal brain functioning. Examining brain at high altitude can provide us useful information about how brain functions are ...

Various infrastructures are located at high altitudes, especially for tourism, the mining industry, military operations, and astronomical observation centers. For example, workers of the Atacama Large ...

The study reports on a high-altitude EEG dataset comprising 64-channel EEG signals from 23 subjects, aiming at achieving a finer-grained assessment of hypoxia levels. Four hypoxia levels were induced ...

Women who are perimenopausal or menopausal have no contraindications to participating in activities at high altitudes, ...

Last October, my daughter Elizabeth and I stood at Londorossi gate (elevation 2,250 metres), the western entrance to Mount Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania, ready to begin the nine-day Lemosho ...

The combination of alcohol plus cabin pressure at cruising altitude may threaten sleeping plane passengers' heart health, particularly on long haul flights, suggests the first study of its kind, ...

High on the Tibetan Plateau, where the air feels thin in a way that is hard to describe unless you’ve stood there, human life has been quietly adjusting itself for thousands of years. Villages sit at ...

Researchers uncover how specific genetic and cardiovascular traits give Tibetan women an edge in surviving and thriving at high altitudes, linking better oxygen delivery to more successful pregnancies ...