Heavy ions light flashes and brain functions: Recent observations at accelerators and in spaceflight

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Narici, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ELECTROLYSIS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; IONIZING RADIATION; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SPACE STATIONS;

BRAIN FUNCTIONS; EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERES; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ITS); LIGHT FLASHES; RELATED RISK;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 48249088055     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/7/075010     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Amassian V E, Cracco R Q, Maccabee P J, Cracco J B, Rudell A and Eberle L 1989 Suppression of visual perception by magnetic coil stimulation of human occipital cortex Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 74 458-462
2. Avdeev S et al 2002 Eye light flashes on the Mir space station Acta Astronaut. 50 511-25
3. Bidoli V et al 2000 Study of cosmic rays and light flashes on board space station MIR: the SilEye experiment Adv. Space Res. 25 2075-9
4. Bidoli V et al 2001 In-flight performances of SilEye-2 experiment and cosmic ray abundances inside space station MIR J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 27 2051-64
5. Budinger T F, Bichsel H and Tobias C A 1971 Visual phenomena noted by humans subjects on exposure to neutrons of energies less than 25 million electron volts Science 172 868-70
6. Budinger T F, Lyman J T and Tobias C A 1972 Visual perception of accelerated nitrogen nuclei interacting with the human retina Nature 239 209-11
7. Budinger T F, Tobias C A, Huesman R H, Upham F T, Wieskamp T F, Schott J U and Schopper E 1975 Light flash observation, experiment MA-106 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Summary Science Report NASA SP-412 pp 193-209
8. Casolino M et al 2003 Dual origins of light flashes in space Nature 422 680
9. Casolino M et al 2002 The Sileye-3/Alteino experiment on board the International Space Station Nucl. Phys. 113 71-8
10. Charman W N, Dennis J A, Fazio G G and Jelley JV 1971 Visual sensations produced by single fast particles Nature 230 522-4
11. Charman W N and Rowlands C M 1971 Visual sensations produced by cosmic ray muons Nature 232 574-5
12. Cucinotta F A, Kim MHY and Ren L 2005 Managing lunar and Mars ission radiation risks Part I: cancer risks, uncertainties and shielding effectiveness NASA/TP-2005-213164
13. D'Arcy F J and Porter N A 1962 Detection of cosmic ray μ-mesons by the human eye Nature 196 1013-4
14. Dobelle W H, Mladejovsky M G and Girvin J P 1974 Artificial vision for the blind: electrical stimulation of visual cortex offers hope for a functional prosthesis Science 183 440-4
15. Durante M 2002 Radiation protection in space Nuovo Cimento 25 1-70
16. Fazio G, Jelley J V and Charman W N 1970 Generation of Cherenkov light flashes by cosmic radiation within the eyes of the Apollo astronauts Nature 228 260-64
17. Fremlin J H 1970 Cosmic ray flashes New Sci. 47 42
18. Fuglesang C, Narici L, Picozza P and Sannita W G 2006 Phosphenes in low earth orbit: survey responses from 59 astronauts Aviat. Space Environ. Med. 77 449-52
19. Fuglesang C 2007 Using the human eye to image space radiation or the history and status of the light flash phenomena Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 580 861-5
20. Gauger E G, Tobias C A, Yang T and Whitney M 1986 The effect of space radiation on the nervous system Adv. Space Res. 11 243-9
21. Kraft G 2000 Tumortherapy with ion beams Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 454 1-10
22. McAulay I R 1971 Cosmic ray flashes in the eye Nature 232 421-2
23. McNulty P J 1971 Light flashes produced in the human eye by extremely relativistic muons Nature 234-110
24. McNulty P J, Pease V P, Pinsky L S, Bond V P, Schimmerling W and Vosburgh K G1972 Visual sensations induced by relativistic nitrogen nuclei Science 178 160-2
25. McNulty P J, Pease V P and Bond V P 1975 Visual sensations induced by Cerenkov radiation Science 189 453-4
26. McNulty P J, Pease V P and Bond V P 1976a Muon induced visual sensations J. Opt. Soc. Am. 66 49-55
27. McNulty P J, Pease V P and Bond V P 1976b Visual sensations induced by relativistic pions Radiat. Res. 66 519-30
28. McNulty P J, Pease V P and Bond V P 1978 Visual phenomena induced by relativistic carbon ions with and without Cerenkov radiation Science 201 341-3
29. Narici L et al 2003 ALTEA: anomalous long term effects in astronauts. A probe on the influence of cosmic radiation and microgravity on the central nervous system during long flights Adv. Space Res. 31 141-6
30. Narici L et al 2004 The ALTEA/Alteino projects: studying functional effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation Adv. Space Res. 33 1352-7
31. Osborne W Z, Pinsky L S and Bayley J V 1975 Apollo light flash investigations Biomedical Results of Apollo NASA SP-368 ed R S Johnston, L F Dietlein and C A Berry (Washington, DC: NASA)
32. Pinsky L S, Osborne W Z, Bailey J V, Benson R E and Thomson L F 1974 Light flashes observed by astronauts on Apollo 11 through Apollo 17 Science 183 957-9
33. Pinsky L S, Osborne W Z, Hoffman R A and Bailey J V 1975 Light flashes observed by astronauts on Skylab 4 Science 188 928-30
34. Rothwell P L, Filz R C and McNulty P J 1976 Light flashes observed on Skylab 4: the role of nuclear stars Science 193 1002-3
35. Sannita W G et al 2004 Effects of heavy ions on the visual function and electrophysiology of rodents: the ALTEA-MICE experiment Adv. Space Res. 33 1347-51
36. Sannita W G, Narici L and Picozza P 2006 Positive visual phenomena in space: a scientific case and a safety issue in space travel Vision Res. 46 2159-65
37. 12C ions Neurosci. Lett. 416 231-5
38. Schardt D and Krämer M 2002 Particle induced visual sensations in heavy-ion tumor terapy GSI Scientific Report
39. Simpson J A 1983 Elemental and isotopic composition of the galactic cosmic rays Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 33 323-81
40. Tobias C A 1952 Radiation hazards in high altitude aviation J. Aviat. Med. 23 345-72
41. Tobias C A, Budinger T F and Lyman J T 1973 Biological effects due to single accelerated heavy particles and the problems of nervous system exposure in space Life Sciences and Space Research XI ed P H A Sneath (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag)
42. Tobias C A, Budinger T F and Lyman J T 1971 Radiation-induced light flashes observed by human subjects in fast neutron, x-ray and positive pion beams Nature 230 596-8
43. Zaconte V et al 2008 ALTEA: the instrument calibration Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 266 2070-8