Modeling intracranial pressures in microgravity: The influence of the blood-brain barrier

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 932-936

  Lakin, William D ^a   Stevens, Scott A ^b   Penar, Paul L ^c  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Intracranial pressure dynamics; Mathematical modeling; Microgravity

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COSMONAUT; GRAVITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETHARGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROGRAVITY; NAUSEA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASTRONAUTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SPACE MOTION SICKNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 34848813864     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2060.2007     Document Type: Article

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