Hippocampal adaptation to high altitude: a neuroanatomic profile of hippocampal subfields in Tibetans and acclimatized Han Chinese residents

• Main Authors: Lianqing Zhang (Author), Jinli Meng (Author), Hailong Li (Author), Mengyue Tang (Author), Zan Zhou (Author), Xingning Zhou (Author), Li Feng (Author), Xiangwei Li (Author), Yongyue Guo (Author), Yuanyuan He (Author), Wanlin He (Author), Xiaoqi Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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The hippocampus is highly plastic and vulnerable to hypoxia. However, it is unknown whether and how it adapts to chronic hypobaric hypoxia in humans. With a unique sample of Tibetans and acclimatized Han Chinese individuals residing on the Tibetan plateau, we aimed to build a neuroanatomic profile o...