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The primary cause of alteration in the neocortex electrogenesis in high-altitude adaptation at altitudes of 3000–5600 m above sea level, according to the EEG parameters of the night sleep and wakefulness, is uncompensated superficial hypoxia of the brain. The situation becomes worse at night due to apnea/hypopnea effects during sleep, which occur as a result of muscular atony during slow falling asleep. The compensation of these disorders via hypertensive and cardiorespiratory responses is determined by general mechanisms and individual strategy.
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Original Russian Text © V.B. Voynov, E.V. Verbitsky, 2014, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2014, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 46–57.
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Voynov, V.B., Verbitsky, E.V. The study of the somnological aspects of the human acute adaptation to the high-altitude. Hum Physiol 40, 623–633 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S036211971405017X
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