Lemos Valdir de Aquino, Antunes Hanna Karen Moreira, Santos Ronaldo Vagner Thomatieli Dos, Prado Juliana Martuscelli da Silva, Tufik Sergio, Mello Marco Túlio De
Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Braz J Psychiatry. 2010 Mar;32(1):70-6. doi: 10.1590/s1516-44462009005000013. Epub 2009 Dec 18.
Discuss the effects of altitude exposure on neuropsychological functions.
We have conducted a literature review using as source indexed articles at Pubmed in the period from 1921 to 2008, using the following key words: 'cognition and hypoxia', 'hypoxia and neuropsychology', 'acute hypoxia', 'chronic hypoxia', and 'acclimatization and hypoxia', as well as specific books on the subject.
Acute and chronic effects of Hypoxia can alter many of the neuropsychological functions in different altitudes due to physiological changes resulted by the oxygen (O2) partial decrease that can lead to neuropsychological alterations in individuals exposed to high altitudes.
Individuals exposed to high altitudes must use an O2 supplementation and the practice of acclimatization, among other strategy ways that can be used in order to minimize the negative effects of hypoxia on neuropsychological aspects.
探讨海拔暴露对神经心理功能的影响。
我们通过检索1921年至2008年期间发表在PubMed上的索引文章进行文献综述，使用了以下关键词：“认知与缺氧”、“缺氧与神经心理学”、“急性缺氧”、“慢性缺氧”、“适应与缺氧”，以及关于该主题的特定书籍。
由于氧气（O2）分压降低导致的生理变化，缺氧的急性和慢性影响可在不同海拔改变许多神经心理功能，这可能导致暴露于高海拔地区的个体出现神经心理改变。
暴露于高海拔地区的个体必须使用氧气补充剂并进行适应训练，以及其他可采用的策略方法，以尽量减少缺氧对神经心理方面的负面影响。
