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Brain Hypoxia: Metabolic and Ventilatory Depression

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Metabouc Aspects
1.1 Mechanisms of Hypoxic Failure
1.2 Mechanisms of Brain Hypoxic Tolerance
1.3 Mechanisms of Brain Anoxic Tolerance
1.4 Enhanced Tolerance—The Mammalian Neonate
2 Hypoxic Depression of Ventilation
2.1 Cardiorespiratory Responses to Hypoxia
2.2 Potential Sites of Action of Hypoxic Ventilatory Depression
2.3 Mechanisms of Hypoxic Ventilatory Depression
2.4 Clinical Implications of Hypoxic Respiratory Depression
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P. L. Lutz, N. S. Cherniack. Brain Hypoxia: Metabolic and Ventilatory Depression. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 14: Handbook of Physiology, Environmental Physiology: 1291-1306. First published in print 1996. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp040256