Cognitive and neuroimaging changes in healthy immigrants upon relocation to a high altitude: A panel study

Abstract

Cognitive functions such as working memory and psychomotor function are impaired during chronic high-altitude exposure. The putamen may play an important role in chronic hypoxia-induced cognitive impairment. Hum Brain Mapp 38:3865-3877, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.