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Glen Foster

University of British Columbia
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The human diving response, its function, and its control

GE Foster, AW Sheel - … journal of medicine & science in sports, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this review is to outline the physiological responses associated with the
diving response, its functional significance, and its cardiorespiratory control. This review is …

Intermittent hypoxia and vascular function: implications for obstructive sleep apnoea

GE Foster, MJ Poulin, PJ Hanly - Experimental physiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
GE Foster was supported by doctoral research awards from the Heart and Stroke Foundation
of Canada and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR), and is a …

Effects of exposure to intermittent hypoxia on oxidative stress and acute hypoxic ventilatory response in humans

V Pialoux, PJ Hanly, GE Foster… - American journal of …, 2009 - atsjournals.org
… Although some studies have shown that the peripheral chemoreflex sensitivity to hypoxia
is increased in patients with OSA (8), Foster and colleagues (9) did not find a difference in …

Intermittent hypoxia increases arterial blood pressure in humans through a renin-angiotensin system-dependent mechanism

GE Foster, PJ Hanly, SB Ahmed, AE Beaudin… - …, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Intermittent hypoxia (IH) is believed to contribute to the pathogenesis of hypertension in
obstructive sleep apnea through mechanisms that include activation of the renin-angiotensin …

Oxygen cost of exercise hyperpnoea is greater in women compared with men

…, JN Render, Y Molgat‐Seon, GE Foster… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Key points The oxygen cost of breathing represents a significant fraction of total oxygen uptake
during intense exercise. At a given ventilation, women have a greater work of breathing …

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular responses to acute hypoxia following exposure to intermittent hypoxia in healthy humans

GE Foster, JV Brugniaux, V Pialoux… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular responses to acute hypoxia following exposure to
intermittent hypoxia in healthy humans - Foster - 2009 - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online …

Effects of two protocols of intermittent hypoxia on human ventilatory, cardiovascular and cerebral responses to hypoxia

GE Foster, DC McKenzie, WK Milsom… - The Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… We thank Mr George Foster for his technical assistance, and our subjects for their
enthusiastic participation. This study was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering …

Effects of acetazolamide on ventilatory, cerebrovascular, and pulmonary vascular responses to hypoxia

…, CD Steinback, AD Brown, GE Foster… - American journal of …, 2007 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) may affect individuals who (rapidly) ascend to
altitudes higher than 2,000–3,000 m. A more serious consequence of rapid ascent may be high…

Exercise‐induced arterial hypoxaemia and the mechanics of breathing in healthy young women

PB Dominelli, GE Foster, GS Dominelli… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
GE Foster was supported by: (1) a postdoctoral fellowship from NSERC, (2) a focus-on-stroke
research fellowship funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Canadian …

Sex differences in respiratory exercise physiology

AW Sheel, JC Richards, GE Foster, JA Guenette - Sports medicine, 2004 - Springer
Respiratory exercise physiology research has historically focused on male subjects. In the
last 20 years, important physiological and functional differences have been noted between …