Effects of simulated microgravity on brain plasticity: A startle reflex habituation study

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 503-506

  Messerotti Benvenuti, Simone ^a   Bianchin, Marta ^a   Angrilli, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arousal; Baroreceptor; Brain; Cognition; Cortical activity; Human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HABITUATION; HEAD DOWN BED REST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959857867     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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