Research Catalog

Title

High altitude : an exploration of human adaptation / edited by Thomas F. Hornbein, Robert B. Schoene.

Publication

New York : Marcel Dekker, c2001.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hornbein, Thomas F., 1930-
• Schoene, Robert B., 1946-

Description

xx, 982 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Lung biology in health and disease ; 161

Uniform Title

Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 161.

Subjects

• Altitude Sickness > physiopathology
• Altitude, Influence of
• Hypoxia > physiopathology
• Altitude
• Atmospheric Pressure
• Adaptation, Physiological
• Adaptation (Physiology)
• Human beings > Effect of environment on

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Introduction / Claude Lenfant -- 1. The Growth of Knowledge About Air, Breathing, and Circulation as They Relate to High Altitude / Charles S. Houston -- 2. The Atmosphere / John B. West -- 3. The People / Susan Niermeyer, Stacy Zamudio and Lorna G. Moore -- 4. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of O[subscript 2] Sensing with Special Reference to the Carotid Body / Sukhamay Lahiri and Neil S. Cherniack -- 5. Molecular/Metabolic Defense and Rescue Mechanisms for Surviving Oxygen Lack: From Genes to Pathways / Peter W. Hochachka -- 6. Control of Breathing at High Altitude / Curtis A. Smith, Jerome A. Dempsey and Thomas F. Hornbein -- 7. Mechanics of Breathing / Joseph Milic-Emili, Bengt Kayser and Henry Gautier -- 8. Gas Exchange / Peter D. Wagner -- 9. The Cardiovascular System at High Altitude: Heart and Systemic Circulation / Eugene E. Wolfel and Benjamin D. Levine -- 10. The Pulmonary Circulation at High Altitude / John T. Reeves and Kurt R. Stenmark --
• 11. Cerebral Circulation at High Altitude / John W. Severinghaus -- 12. The High-Altitude Brain / Marcus E. Raichle and Thomas F. Hornbein -- 13. Autonomic Nervous System / Douglas R. Seals, Pamela Parker Jones and Kevin P. Davy -- 14. The Effects of Altitude on Skeletal Muscle / Howard J. Green and John R. Sutton -- 15. Blood / Robert F. Grover and Peter Bartsch -- 16. Renal Function and Fluid Homeostasis / Erik R. Swenson -- 17. Metabolic Response of Lowlanders to High-Altitude Exposure: Malnutrition Versus the Effect of Hypoxia / George A. Brooks and Gail E. Butterfield -- 18. The Endocrine System / Jean-Paul Richalet -- 19. High Altitude and Human Immune Responsiveness / Richard T. Meehan, Peter N. Uchakin and Clarence F. Sams -- 20. Exercise and Hypoxia: Performance, Limits, and Training / Robert Roach and Bengt Kayser -- 21. Sleep / John V. Weil and David P. White --
• 22. Acute Mountain Sickness and High-Altitude Cerebral Edema / Peter Bartsch, Robert Roach and Diana Depla -- 23. High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema / Robert B. Schoene, Herbert N. Hultgren and Erik R. Swenson -- 24. Chronic Mountain Sickness in Andeans / Carlos C. Monge, Fabiola Leon-Velarde and Alberto Arregui -- 25. High Altitude and Common Medical Conditions / Peter H. Hackett.

ISBN

0824703138 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001042273

OCLC

• ocm47254253
• SCSB-4791269

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries