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  1. Immune-derived cardiac autonomic signatures: predicting autonomic responses to exercise from B-cell phenotypes
  2. Effects of intermittent exposure to hypobaria and cold on the microarchitecture and morphofunctional profile of rat gastrocnemius muscle
  3. Impact of hormonal contraceptives on exercise physiology and athletic performance across the contraceptive cycle. A pilot study
  4. A gender-integrated biopsychosocial model to understand cardiovascular risk in women working under environmental hazards: the case of chronic intermittent hypoxia
  5. Physical Activity and Pain Perception in Residents Under Conditions of Chronic Hypoxia
  6. Pediatric pneumonia across altitudes in Ecuador: a countrywide, epidemiological analysis from 2010–2021
  7. The menstrual cycle minimally affects cardiorespiratory function and body balance control in trained women during acute hypobaric hypoxia exposure (4000 m)
  8. Letter: Javier Botella de Maglia (1956–2024): In Memoriam
  9. Editorial: Emerging topics in human physiology
  10. Pain Perception Threshold in Young High-Altitude Natives After Acute Exposure to Severe Hypoxic Conditions
  11. The burden of suicide across different altitudes: 11-year geodemographic analysis conducted in 221 cantons in Ecuador ranging from 0 to 4300 m of elevation
  12. Effects of intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia and cold on skeletal muscle regeneration: mitochondrial dynamics, protein oxidation and turnover
  13. Performance in the Six-Minute Walking Test Does Not Discriminate Excessive Erythrocytosis Patients in a Severe Hypoxic Environment
  14. Oxygen Saturation Curve Analysis in 2298 Hypoxia Awareness Training Tests of Military Aircrew Members in a Hypobaric Chamber
  15. Reduced Violence-Related Burden and Mortality at Higher Altitudes: Examining the Association between High Altitude Living and Homicide Rates in Ecuador
  16. Intermittent sequential pneumatic compression reduces post-exercise hemodilution and enhances perceptual recovery without improving subsequent cycling performance
  17. Cardiopulmonary exercise test in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at high altitude. Case report
  18. Muscle Tone, Stiffness, and Elasticity in Elite Female Cyclists after Consecutive Short Competitions
  19. Epidemiological characterization of ischemic heart disease at different altitudes: A nationwide population-based analysis from 2011 to 2021 in Ecuador
  20. Simulated altitude is medicine: intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia and cold accelerates injured skeletal muscle recovery
  21. Lung diffusing capacity after different modalities of exercise at sea level and hypobaric simulated altitude of 4,000 m
  22. Monitoring Changes in Oxygen Muscle during Exercise with High-Flow Nasal Cannula Using Wearable NIRS Biosensors
  23. Effects of intermittent pneumatic compression on the recovery of cardiovascular parameters after repeated sprint exercise
  24. Systemic and Pulmonary Inflammation/Oxidative Damage: Implications of General and Respiratory Muscle Training in Chronic Spinal-Cord-Injured Patients
  25. Winter Sports Injuries in Elite Female Athletes: A Narrative Review
  26. Bioactivity of Macronutrients from Chlorella in Physical Exercise
  27. Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Maximal Inspiratory Pressure Without Increasing Performance in Elite Swimmers
  28. An Igor Pro 8.01 Procedure to Analyze Pulse Oximetry during Acute Hypoxia Test in Aircrews
  29. Nutrition and Hydration for High-Altitude Alpinism: A Narrative Review
  30. Effects of rapid gravity load changes on immunophenotyping and leukocyte function of human peripheral blood after parabolic flight
  31. Effectiveness of Respiratory Muscles Training by Voluntary Isocapnic Hyperpnea Versus Inspiratory Threshold Loading on Intercostales and Vastus Lateralis Muscles Deoxygenation Induced by Exercise in Physically Active Adults
  32. Editorial: Stroke and infarction at high-altitude
  33. Long COVID at Different Altitudes: A Countrywide Epidemiological Analysis
  34. A comparative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 viral load across different altitudes
  35. Long COVID at Low and High Altitude: A Countrywide Epidemiological Analysis of Self-Reported Long-Term Persisting Symptoms in Ecuador
  36. SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load Analysis at Low and High Altitude: A Case Study from Ecuador
  37. Histomorphological and functional contralateral symmetry in the gastrocnemius muscles of the laboratory rat
  38. Inflammation and Oxidative Stress as Common Mechanisms of Pulmonary, Autonomic and Musculoskeletal Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury
  39. Chronic high-altitude exposure and the epidemiology of ischaemic stroke: a systematic review
  40. A comparative analysis of lung function and spirometry parameters in genotype-controlled natives living at low and high altitude
  41. Determination of the Respiratory Compensation Point by Detecting Changes in Intercostal Muscles Oxygenation by Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
  42. Genotyped indigenous Kiwcha adults at high altitude are lighter and shorter than their low altitude counterparts
  43. How important is V̇O2max when climbing Mt. Everest (8,849 m)?
  44. Swimming Exercise for Patients With Long-Term Respiratory Post COVID-19 Complications: Further Thinking on the Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  45. Optimism and Health Self-Perception-Related Differences in Indigenous Kiwchas of Ecuador at Low and High Altitude: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
  46. Benefits on Hematological and Biochemical Parameters of a High-Intensity Interval Training Program for a Half-Marathon in Recreational Middle-Aged Women Runners
  47. A Comparative Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load Across Different Altitudes
  48. Analysis of Excess Mortality Data at Different Altitudes During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Ecuador
  49. Intermittent hypobaric hypoxia and cold treatment after gastrocnemius muscle injury enhance redox balance and avoids UPS activation
  50. Hematological Parameters, Lipid Profile, and Cardiovascular Risk Analysis Among Genotype-Controlled Indigenous Kiwcha Men and Women Living at Low and High Altitudes
  51. Sex-Differences in the Oxygenation Levels of Intercostal and Vastus Lateralis Muscles During Incremental Exercise
  52. Stroke-Related Mortality at Different Altitudes: A 17-Year Nationwide Population-Based Analysis From Ecuador
  53. Anthropometric and Body Composition Differences Among Genotype Controlled Indigenous Adult Kiwcha Natives Living at Low (230 M) and High Altitude (3,800 M) in Ecuador
  54. Physiological Responses at Rest and Exercise to High Altitude in Lowland Children and Adolescents
  55. A comparative analysis of lung function and spirometry parameters in genotype-controlled natives living at low and high altitude
  56. Intercostal Muscles Oxygenation and Breathing Pattern during Exercise in Competitive Marathon Runners
  57. The Course of Posterior Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve: Anatomical and Sonographic Study with a Clinical Implication
  58. Intercostal Muscles Oxygenation and Breathing Pattern during Exercise in Competitive Marathon Runners
  59. Physiological Effects of Intermittent Passive Exposure to Hypobaric Hypoxia and Cold in Rats
  60. Correction to: Earthquake-related stressors associated with suicidality, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress in adolescents from Muisne after the earthquake 2016 in Ecuador
  61. Swimming exercise transiently decrease lung diffusing capacity in elite swimmers
  62. High Altitude Is Associated With Lower Stroke-Related Mortality: A 17-Year Nationwide Population-Based Analysis From Ecuador
  63. Acute Changes in Lung Diffusing Capacity After Training in Elite Swimmers
  64. Muscle Precursor Cells Enhance Functional Muscle Recovery and Show Synergistic Effects With Postinjury Treadmill Exercise in a Muscle Injury Model in Rats
  65. Intermittent cold and hypobaric hypoxia treatment modulates oxidative stress in injured muscles of rats
  66. Severe Hypoxic Exercise Does Not Impair Lung Diffusion in Elite Swimmers
  67. Edible Microalgae and Their Bioactive Compounds in the Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Alterations
  68. Lung capacity and alveolar gas diffusion in aquatic athletes: Implications for performance and health
  69. Acute Changes in Lung Diffusing Capacity After Training in Elite Swimmers
  70. Implication of gut microbiota in the physiology of rats intermittently exposed to cold and hypobaric hypoxia
  71. Inter-Individual Different Responses to Continuous and Interval Training in Recreational Middle-Aged Women Runners
  72. Anatomic Relationship Between the Radial Nerve and the Musculo-Fascial Structures of the Arm and Forearm: A Cadaveric and Sonographic Study
  73. Changes in Lung Diffusing Capacity of Elite Artistic Swimmers During Training
  74. Humidity prevents the exercise-induced formation of hydrogen peroxide and nitrite in exhaled breath condensate in recreational cyclists
  75. Earthquake-related stressors associated with suicidality, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress in adolescents from Muisne after the earthquake 2016 in Ecuador
  76. Swimming And Respiratory System: Impact Of Exercise On Pro-oxidants Production And Lung Function
  77. Topical Nifedipine Administration for Secondary Prevention in Frostbitten Patients
  78. Lung Diffusion in a 14-Day Swimming Altitude Training Camp at 1850 Meters
  79. Effects of a Single Power Strength Training Session on Heart Rate Variability When Performed at Different Simulated Altitudes
  80. A field tool for the aerobic power evaluation of middle-aged female recreational runners
  81. Contrasting two training strategies for recreational female middle-aged runners.
  82. Reliability of NIRS portable device for measuring intercostal muscles oxygenation during exercise
  83. A three-criteria performance score for rats exercising on a running treadmill
  84. Effects of Aerobic Physical Exercise Performed Under Hypoxic Conditions on Melatonin
  85. Risk factors for amputation in case of a severe frostbite occurs
  86. Differences in Cardiorespiratory Responses in Winter Mountaineering According to the Pathway Snow Conditions
  87. Skin mucus metabolites in response to physiological challenges: A valuable non-invasive method to study teleost marine species
  88. Melatonin and sleep responses to normobaric hypoxia and aerobic physical exercise: A randomized controlled trial
  89. Swimming versus running: effects on exhaled breath condensate pro-oxidants and pH
  90. Physiological and Biological Responses to Short-Term Intermittent Hypobaric Hypoxia Exposure: From Sports and Mountain Medicine to New Biomedical Applications
  91. Additive Effects of Intermittent Hypobaric Hypoxia and Endurance Training on Bodyweight, Food Intake, and Oxygen Consumption in Rats
  92. Muscle activity and intermittent hypoxia exposure
  93. The disease burden of suicide in Ecuador, a 15 years’ geodemographic cross-sectional study (2001–2015)
  94. Different training programs decrease blood pressure during submaximal exercise
  95. Increased intrinsic stiffness and mineralization in femurs of adult rats after high intensity treadmill running training
  96. Modulation of mitochondrial biomarkers by intermittent hypobaric hypoxia and aerobic exercise after eccentric exercise in trained rats
  97. Postinjury Exercise and Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapies Improve Skeletal Muscle Healing in Rats But Are Not Synergistic When Combined
  98. Intermittent hypobaric hypoxia combined with aerobic exercise improves muscle morphofunctional recovery after eccentric exercise to exhaustion in trained rats
  99. Anaerobic training in hypoxia: A new approach to stimulate the rating of effort perception
  100. Sildenafil does not Improve Exercise Capacity under Acute Hypoxia Exposure
  101. Intermittent Hypoxia Increases Mitochondrial Dynamics and Biogenesis After Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Trained Rats
  102. A program of circuit resistance training under hypobaric hypoxia conditions improves the anaerobic performance of athletes
  103. The influence of dental occlusion on the body balance in unstable platform increases after high intensity exercise
  104. Vybrant DyeCycle Violet Stain Discriminates Two Different Subsets of CD34+ Cells
  105. Can sildenafil improve physical performance at altitude? Current scientific evidence
  106. A New Surgical Model of Skeletal Muscle Injuries in Rats Reproduces Human Sports Lesions
  107. Circadian and Sex Differences After Acute High-Altitude Exposure: Are Early Acclimation Responses Improved by Blue Light?
  108. A semiquantitative scoring tool to evaluate eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in trained rats
  109. Dental Occlusion Influences the Standing Balance on an Unstable Platform
  110. Inside the Redbox: Applications of haematology in wildlife monitoring and ecosystem health assessment
  111. Popularity of hypoxic training methods for endurance-based professional and amateur athletes
  112. Heart rate variability predicts success in weaning process
  113. Exercise and oral health: Implications of the exercise intensity on dental diseases
  114. Differing Levels of Acute Hypoxia Do Not Influence Maximal Anaerobic Power Capacity
  115. Effects of Intermittent Hypoxia and Light Aerobic Exercise on Circulating Stem Cells and Side Population, after Strenuous Eccentric Exercise in Trained Rats
  116. Strength training under hypoxic conditions
  117. Physical exercise prior and during treatment reduces sub-chronic doxorubicin-induced mitochondrial toxicity and oxidative stress
  118. Circulating progenitor cells during exercise, muscle electro-stimulation and intermittent hypobaric hypoxia in patients with traumatic brain injury: A pilot study
  119. Anaerobic performance after endurance strength training in hypobaric environment
  120. Salivary pH increases after jump exercises in hypoxia
  121. Intermittent Hypoxia for Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
  122. CD34+ Circulating Progenitor Cells after Different Training Programs
  123. Exercise alters liver mitochondria phospholipidomic profile and mitochondrial activity in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
  124. Modulation of cardiac mitochondrial permeability transition and apoptotic signaling by endurance training and intermittent hypobaric hypoxia
  125. Physical exercise prevents and mitigates non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-induced liver mitochondrial structural and bioenergetics impairments
  126. Effect of intermittent hypoxia and exercise on blood rheology and oxygen transport in trained rats
  127. Combined intermittent hypobaric hypoxia and muscle electro-stimulation: a method to increase circulating progenitor cell concentration?
  128. Efecto del ejercicio anaeróbico láctico sobre el pH salival
  129. Potenciales aplicaciones del entrenamiento de hipoxia en el fútbol
  130. Pre-breeding ecophysiology of a long-distance migratory seabird
  131. Metal concentrations and pathological responses of wild native fish exposed to sewage discharge in a Mediterranean river
  132. Cardiorespiratory parameters during submaximal exercise under acute exposure to normobaric and hypobaric hypoxia
  133. Changes in heart rate recovery index after a programme of strength/endurance training in hypoxia
  134. Method of Combined Intermittent Hypoxia and Surface Muscle Electrostimulation for Enhancing Peripheral Stem Cells in Humans
  135. Effects of Oxygen Supplementation on Acute Mountain Sickness Symptoms and Functional Capacity During a 2-Kilometer Walk Test on Chajnantor Plateau (5050 Meters, Northern Chile)
  136. A physiological marker for quantifying differential reproductive investment between the sexes in Yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis)
  137. Oxidative Stress Status in Rats After Intermittent Exposure to Hypobaric Hypoxia
  138. Changes in non-specific biomarkers in the Mediterranean barbel (Barbus meridionalis) exposed to sewage effluents in a Mediterranean stream (Catalonia, NE Spain)
  139. Blood Rheology Adjustments in Rats after a Program of Intermittent Exposure to Hypobaric Hypoxia
  140. Enzyme activity and myoglobin concentration in rat myocardium and skeletal muscles after passive intermittent simulated altitude exposure
  141. Combined intermittent hypoxia and surface muscle electrostimulation as a method to increase peripheral blood progenitor cell concentration
  142. Morphofunctional responses to anaemia in rat skeletal muscle
  143. Sex-linked differences in pulse oxymetry
  144. Ecophysiological response to an experimental increase of wing loading in a pelagic seabird
  145. Diabetic Retinopathy at High Altitude
  146. Capillary supply, fibre types and fibre morphometry in rat tibialis anterior and diaphragm muscles after intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia
  147. Nutritional and feeding ecology in Cory’s shearwater Calonectris diomedea during breeding
  148. Capillary Supply and Fiber Morphometry in Rat Myocardium after Intermittent Exposure to Hypobaric Hypoxia
  149. Intermittent hypobaric hypoxia induces changes at a different extent in biochemical parameters depending on muscle activity degree
  150. Blood rheological behaviour in rats after intermittent hypobaric hypoxia exposure to 5000 m
  151. ECOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIANCE IN T-CELL MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE IN CORY'S SHEARWATERS
  152. Effects of Sildenafil on the Human Response to Acute Hypoxia and Exercise
  153. Hemorheology and oxygen transport in vertebrates. A role in thermoregulation?
  154. Increased blood ammonia in hypoxia during exercise in humans
  155. Heritability of explosive power and anaerobic capacity in humans
  156. Erythropoietin acute reaction and haematological adaptations to short, intermittent hypobaric hypoxia
  157. Acclimatization Near Home? Early Respiratory Changes After Short-Term Intermittent Exposure to Simulated Altitude
  158. Fiber composition and capillary network is heterogeneous along a same muscle
  159. Descriptive and functional morphometry of skeletal muscle fibres in wild birds
  160. Intermittent hypobaric hypoxia stimulates erythropoiesis and improves aerobic capacity
  161. Descriptive and functional morphometry of skeletal muscle fibres in wild birds
  162. Capillarity and fiber types in locomotory muscles of wild common coots,Fulica atra
  163. Hematologic and Plasma Chemistry Values in Captive Psittacine Birds
  164. Capillarity and Fibre Types in Locomotory Muscles of Wild Yellow‐Legged Gulls (Larus cachinnans)
  165. Comparative skeletal muscle fibre morphometry among wild birds with different locomotor behaviour
  166. Hematology and serum chemistry in the white-crowned mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus lunulatus) and in the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
  167. Capillarity and fibre types in locomotory muscles of wild mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)
  168. Effects of daily management stress on haematology and blood rheology of the gilthead seabream
  169. Effects of daily management stress on haematology and blood rheology of the gilthead seabream
  170. Haematology of captive herons, egrets, spoonbill, ibis and gallinule
  171. Blood chemistry of captive herons, egrets, spoonbill, ibis and gallinule
  172. Innervation distribution pattern, nerve ending structure, and fiber types in pigeon skeletal muscle
  173. Erythrocyte osmotic resistance during acute hypothermia in awake unrestrained rats
  174. Haematology of Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) restrained by physical or chemical means
  175. A combined myosin ATPase and acetylcholinesterase histochemical method for the demonstration of fibre types and their innervation pattern in skeletal muscle
  176. A method for sampling representative muscular venous blood during exercise in rats
  177. A histochemical ATPase method for the demonstration of the muscle capillary network.
  178. Hematological Values for Four Species of Birds of Prey
  179. Seasonal changes in hematology and blood chemistry of the freshwater turtle Mauremys caspica leprosa
  180. Skeletal muscle capillarization and fiber types in urban and homing pigeons (Columba livia)
  181. Erythrocyte osmotic fragility in some artiodactylid mammals: Relationships with Plasma Osmolality and red cell dimensions
  182. Haematology and blood chemistry values for several flamingo species
  183. Reference values for blood analysis of captive ostriches
  184. Hematology and blood chemistry in captive dorcas gazelles and blackbucks
  185. Effects of temperature, oxygen and carbon dioxide on osmotic fragility of carp, Cyprinus carpio L., erythrocytes
  186. Relationships between morphological parameters in birds with different flying habits
  187. Cardiovascular and organ weight adaptations as related to flight activity in birds
  188. Blood rheology in the pigeon ( Columba livia ), hen ( Gallus gallus domesticus ), and black-headed gull ( Larus ridibundus )
  189. Oxygen transport properties in the starling, Sturnus vulgaris L.
  190. Method for determining the osmotic fragility curves of erythrocytes in birds