Humans

Reduced blood flow through intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses during exercise in lowlanders acclimatizing to high altitude.
What is the central question of this study? The aim was to determine, using the technique of agitated saline contrast echocardiography, …
Lindsey M Boulet, Andrew T Lovering, Michael M Tymko, Trevor A Day, Mike Stembridge, Trang Anh Nguyen, Philip N Ainslie, Glen E Foster
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Exercise-induced quadriceps muscle fatigue in men and women: effects of arterial oxygen content and respiratory muscle work
KEY POINTS: High work of breathing and exercise-induced arterial hypoxaemia (EIAH) can decrease O2 delivery and exacerbate …
Paolo B. Dominelli, Yannick Molgat-Seon, Donald E. G. Griesdale, Carli M. Peters, Jean-Sébastien Blouin, Mypinder Sekhon, Giulio S. Dominelli, William R. Henderson, Glen E. Foster, Lee M. Romer, Michael S. Koehle, A. William Sheel
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The effect of consistent practice of yogic breathing exercises on the human cardiorespiratory system
Joshua A A McKay, Cara L McCulloch, Jordan S Querido, Glen E Foster, Michael S Koehle, A William Sheel
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Intermittent hypoxia and arterial blood pressure control in humans: role of the peripheral vasculature and carotid baroreflex.
Intermittent hypoxia (IH) occurs in association with obstructive sleep apnea and likely contributes to the pathogenesis of …
Joshua C Tremblay, Lindsey M Boulet, Michael M Tymko, Glen E Foster
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A methodological approach for quantifying and characterizing the stability of agitated saline contrast: implications for quantifying intrapulmonary shunt.
Agitated saline contrast echocardiography is often used to determine blood flow through intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses …
Heather K Hackett, Lindsey M Boulet, Paolo B Dominelli, Glen E Foster
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The effects of graded changes in oxygen and carbon dioxide tension on coronary blood velocity independent of myocardial energy demand.
In humans, coronary blood flow is tightly regulated by microvessels within the myocardium to match myocardial energy demand. However, …
Lindsey M Boulet, Mike Stembridge, Michael M Tymko, Joshua C Tremblay, Glen E Foster
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What role for hypercapnia in obstructive sleep apnea?
TO THE EDITOR: The question raised by Wang et al.(5) in their recent Viewpoint is important inasmuch as apneic events in obstructive …
Julien V Brugniaux, Glen E Foster, Andrew E Beaudin
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Role of CO2 in the cerebral hyperemic response to incremental normoxic and hyperoxic exercise.
Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is temporally related to exercise-induced changes in partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide (PetCO2 ); …
Kurt J Smith, K W Wildfong, R L Hoiland, M Harper, N C Lewis, A Pool, S L Smith, T Kuca, G E Foster, P N Ainslie
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Comparing and characterizing transient and steady-state tests of the peripheral chemoreflex in humans
Jamie R Pfoh, Michael M Tymko, Maria Abrosimova, Lindsey M Boulet, Glen E Foster, Anthony R Bain, Philip N Ainslie, Craig D Steinback, Christina D Bruce, Trevor A Day
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Commentaries on Viewpoint: Why predominantly neurological DCS in breath-hold divers?
Glen E. Foster, Anthony R. Bain, Joshua C. Tremblay, Lindsey M. Boulet, Frederic Lemaitre, Dennis Madden, Zeljko Dujic, Otto Barak, Alain Boussuges, Olivier Gavarry, Joseph W. Duke, Jonathan E. Elliott, Steven S. Laurie, Andrew T. Lovering, Costantino Balestra, Lars Eichhorn, Mary C. Vagula, John R. Fitz-Clarke, Claus-Martin Muth
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