Acute Normobaric Hypoxia Lowers Executive Functions among Young Men despite Increase of BDNF Concentration
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Anthropometric Measurements
2.2. Normobaric Hypoxia
2.3. Cognitive Functions
Executive Functions: Stroop Test
2.4. Blood Sampling
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Blood Saturation under Normoxia and Acute Normobaric Hypoxia Conditions
3.2. Stroop Test under Conditions of Normoxia and Acute Normobaric Hypoxia
3.3. Blood Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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N = 32 | X | SD |
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Age (years) | 20.4 | 0.6 |
Height (cm) | 178 | 7.1 |
Weight (kg) | 76.6 | 11.4 |
FAT (%) | 18.6 | 4.1 |
FAT (kg) | 14.4 | 5.0 |
FFM (kg) | 62.1 | 7.9 |
BMI (kg∙m−2) | 23.9 | 2.4 |
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Chroboczek, M.; Kujach, S.; Łuszczyk, M.; Grzywacz, T.; Soya, H.; Laskowski, R. Acute Normobaric Hypoxia Lowers Executive Functions among Young Men despite Increase of BDNF Concentration. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 10802. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710802
Chroboczek M, Kujach S, Łuszczyk M, Grzywacz T, Soya H, Laskowski R. Acute Normobaric Hypoxia Lowers Executive Functions among Young Men despite Increase of BDNF Concentration. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(17):10802. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710802
Chicago/Turabian StyleChroboczek, Maciej, Sylwester Kujach, Marcin Łuszczyk, Tomasz Grzywacz, Hideaki Soya, and Radosław Laskowski. 2022. "Acute Normobaric Hypoxia Lowers Executive Functions among Young Men despite Increase of BDNF Concentration" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 17: 10802. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710802