Physiological implications of mechanical effects of +Gz accelerations on brain structures

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-177

  Guillaume, Anne I ^a   Osmont, Daniel ^a   Gaffié, Daniel ^a   Sarron, Jean Claude ^a   Quandieu, Pierre ^a  

^a Institut de Medecine Aerospatiale du Service de Sante des Armees   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Centrifugation; Cerebral stresses; Gz acceleration; Strain

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HEMISPHERE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; VISCOELASTICITY;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 0036186824     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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