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Nutritional Needs in Cold and High-Altitude Environments Applications for Military Personnel in Field Operations (1996) / Chapter Skim
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V: Performance in Cold and in High-Altitude Environments
Pages 433-434

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... The causal relationship between changes in brain catecholaminergic neurons and the stress that accompanies them is important in understanding the mechanisms that cause the decline in mental function in adverse environments. The use of catecholaminergic agonists like tyrosine and other food constituents such as caffeine may provide a common approach to treating the adverse effects of cold exposure and stress.
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  • mental performance
  • vigilance affect
  • initial impairments
  • brain catecholaminergic
  • adverse environments

  • extreme cold
  • catecholaminergic neurons
  • food constituents
  • critical behavioral
  • cold exposure

  • mental function
  • hypobaric hypoxia
  • cause deficits
  • common approach
  • catecholaminergic agonists

  • behavioral functions
  • adverse changes
  • adverse effects
  • behavioral decrements
  • neurochemical changes

  • cognitive performance
  • accompany exposure


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