• Adaptación al ejercicio muscular en la altura 

      Paz Zamora, Mario; Spielvogel, Hilde; Cáceres, Esperanza (Master, 1988)
      El ser humano no pasa la vida en condiciones estables, sino se debe adaptar necesariamente a condiciones diferentes, como cambio de temperatura (calor, frío), sequedad, humedad, incremento de la presión barométrica ...
    • Andean and Tibetan patterns of adaptation to high altitude 

      Bigham, Abigail W; Wilson, Megan J; Julian, Colleen Glyde; Kiyamu, Melisa; Vargas, Enrique; León-Velarde, Fabiola; Rivera-Chira, María; Rodríguez, Carmelo; Browne, Vaughn A.; Parra, Esteban; Brutsaert, Tom D; Moore, Lorna G; Shriver, Mark D (American Journal of Human Biology, 2013-01-24)
      Objectives: High-altitude hypoxia, or decreased oxygen levels caused by low barometric pressure, challenges the ability of humans to live and reproduce. Despite these challenges, human populations have lived on the Andean ...
    • Capacidad de difusión alvéolo capilar en niños residentes de altura 

      Vargas, Enrique; Villena, Mercedes; John, Beard; Haas, Jere; Cudkowicz, Leon (Aeronáutica de la Fuerza Aérea Boliviana, 1987)
      RESUMEN. La capacidad de difusión pulmonar (DLCO) para el monóxido de carbono fue determinada en 125 niños residentes de altura con edades que fluctuaban entre 4 y 6 años de edad. El estudio fue realizado en La Paz ...
    • Características cardiovasculares en la altura 

      Coudert, Jean (Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, 1970-09)
    • Comparative aspects of high-altitude adaptation in human populations 

      Moore, Lorna G; Armaza, Fernando; Villena, Mercedes; Vargas, Enrique (Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 2000)
      Abstract. The conditions and duration of high-altitude residence differ among high-altitude populations. The Tibetan Plateau is larger, more geographically remote, and appears to have been occupied for a longer period of ...
    • Effects of chronic hypoxia and exercise on plasma erythropoietin in high-altitude residents 

      Schmidt, W; Spielvogel, H; Eckardt, KU; Quintela, A; Peñaloza, R (American Physiological Society, 1993)
      Abstract The present study was performed to evaluate the effects of chronic inspiratory hypoxia and its combination with physical exercise on plasma erythropoietin concentration ([EPO]). Eight natives from the Bolivian ...
    • Fisiología de la adaptación respiratoria a la vida en altura 

      Vargas P, Enrique; Villena C, Mercedes; Castillo, Gloria; Quiroga, Ana María de; Contreras, Gladys (Master, 1988)
      Con un sentido histórico y práctico, la mayoría de los estudios clásicos realizados sobre la adaptación de la vida humana en la altura, tienen una objetiva descripción del principal fenómeno fisiológico respiratorio en el ...
    • Genetic variations in the TP53 pathway in native americans strongly suggest adaptation to the high altitudes of the andes 

      Jacovas, Vanessa Cristina; Rovaris, Diego Luiz; Pérez, Orlando; Azevedo, Soledad de; Macedo, Gabriel Souza; Sandoval, José Raul; Salazar-Granara, Alberto; Villena, Mercedes; Dugoujon, Jean-Michel; Bisso-Machado, Rafael; Petzi-Erler, María Luiza; Salzano, Francisco Mauro; Ashton-Prolla, Patricia; Ramallo, Virginia; Bortolini, María Cátira (PLOS One, 2015-09-18)
      Abstract. The diversity of the five single nucleotide polymorphisms located in genes of the TP53 pathway (TP53, rs1042522; MDM2, rs2279744; MDM4, rs1563828; USP7, rs1529916; and LIF, rs929271) were studied in a total of ...
    • Haematology and erythrocyte metabolism in man at high altitude : an aymara-quechua comparison 

      Arnaud, J; Gutiérrez, N; Tellez, W; Vergnes, H (American Journal of Physical Anthroplogy, 1985)
      ABSTRACT. In the course of haematological and biological investigations among Aymara and Quechua populations in Bolivia, an anthropological study of the erythrocytary respiratory function was carried out on the two ...
    • Hemoglobinas en ganado vacuno que habita a 4.000 m. de altura 

      Galarza, C. Mario; Akiyama, Ángel; Franco, Alejandro; Contreras, Gladys de; Noriega, Irma de (Master, 1988)
      La hipoxia hipobárica del Cinturón Andio de las Montañas Rocallosas, de la elevada Meseta del Himalaya, Asia Central, Etiopía, no solamente provocan en el hombre modificaciones morfológicas, fisiológicas y bioquímicas, ...
    • Le problème de l'adaptation des populations de l'altiplano Bolivien dans les basses terres 

      Ruffié, Jacques; Larrouy, Georges (Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 1966)
      Le corridor interandin ou Altiplano qui s'étend sur 800 km de long et 200 de large entre les deux cordillères, à une altitude variant de 3.700 mètres à 4.500 mètres, constitue l'une des zones de haute montagne les plus ...
    • Ventilation and hypoxic ventilatory response of Tibetan and Aymara high altitude natives 

      Beall, Cynthia M; Strohl, Kingman P; Blangero, John; Williams-Blangero, Sarah; Almasy, Laura A; Decker, Michael J; Worthman, Carol M; Goldstein, Melvyn C; Vargas, Enrique (American Journal Physical Anthropology, 1997)
      ABSTRACT. Newcomers acclimatizing to high altitude and adult male Tibetan high altitude natives have increased ventilation relative to sea level natives at sea level. However, Andean and Rocky Mountain high altitude natives ...
    • Wellness, fatigue and physical performance acclimatisation to a 2-week soccer camp at 3600 m (ISA3600) 

      Buchheit, Martin; Simpson, Ben M; Garvican-Lewis, Laura A; Hammond, Kristal; Kley, Marlen; Schmidt, Walter F; Aughey, Robert J; Soria, Rudy; Sargent, Charli; Roach, Gregory D; Jiménez Claros, Jesús C; Wachsmuth, Nadine; Gore, Christopher J; Bourdon, Pitre C (Br J Sports Med, 2013-09-10)
      Abstract. Objectives: To examine the time course of wellness, fatigue and performance during an altitude training camp (La Paz, 3600 m) in two groups of either sea-level (Australian) or altitude (Bolivian) native young ...