Point: High Altitude is for the Birds!

Elevated performance: the unique physiology of birds that fly at high altitudes

(2011) G. R. Scott   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The trans-Himalayan flights of bar-headed geese (Anser indicus)

(2011) L. A. Hawkes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Evolution of Cytochrome c Oxidase Underlies High-Altitude Adaptation in the Bar-Headed Goose

(2010) G. R. Scott et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

New Insights in the Pathogenesis of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

(2010) Urs Scherrer et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Acute Mountain Sickness: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Treatment

(2010) Chris Imray et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Comparative physiology of the pulmonary blood-gas barrier: the unique avian solution

(2009) John B. West   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Differences in in vitro cerebellar neuronal responses to hypoxia in eider ducks, chicken and rats

(2009) Stian Ludvigsen et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

The cerebral effects of ascent to high altitudes

(2009) Mark H Wilson et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Evolution of muscle phenotype for extreme high altitude flight in the bar-headed goose

(2009) G. R. Scott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES