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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 68, Issue 6, Pages 847-853Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s12576-018-0603-y
Keywords
Normobaric hypoxia; Cognitive impairment; Stroop task; Percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation
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- Special Funds for Education and Research of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) entitled Global Initiative for Human High Performance (HHP) Research Project [1111501004]
- Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) entitled Global Initiative for Sports Neuroscience (GISN): for development of exercise prescr [HFH27016]
- KAKENHI [15J00782, 16H06405]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15H01828, 15J00782, 16H06405] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Although it has been traditionally thought that decreasing SpO(2) with ascent to high altitudes not only induces acute mountain sickness but also can decrease executive function, the relationship between decreased SpO(2) levels and hypoxia-induced lowered executive function is still unclear. Here we aimed to clarify whether hypoxia-induced lowered executive function was associated with arterial oxygen desaturation, using 21 participants performing the color-word Stroop task under normoxic and three hypoxic conditions (FIO2=0.165, 0.135, 0.105; corresponding to altitudes of 2000, 3500, and 5000m, respectively). Stroop interference significantly increased under severe hypoxic condition (FIO2=0.105) compared with the other conditions. Moreover, there was a negative correlation between Stroop interference and SpO(2). In conclusion, acute exposure to severe hypoxic condition decreased executive function and this negative effect was associated with decreased SpO(2). We initially implicated an arterial oxygen desaturation as a potential physiological factor resulting in hypoxia-induced lowered executive function.
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