Effects of 30-day head-down bed rest on ocular: Structures and visual function in a healthy subject

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-154

  Taibbi, Giovanni ^a   Kaplowitz, Kevin ^a   Cromwell, Ronita L ^b   Godley, Bernard F ^a   Zanello, Susana B ^b   Vizzeri, Gianmarco ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Microgravity; Optic disc swelling; Spectraldomain OCT; Translaminar pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; EYE; FLUID SHIFT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADULT; BED REST; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE; FLUID SHIFTS; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 84873272457     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3520.2013     Document Type: Article

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