The Effect of Microgravity on Ocular Structures and Visual Function: A Review

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-163

  Taibbi, Giovanni ^a   Cromwell, Ronita L ^b   Kapoor, Kapil G ^a   Godley, Bernard F ^a   Vizzeri, Gianmarco ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronauts; Bed rest; Intracranial pressure; Intraocular pressure; Microgravity; Papilledema; Spaceflight; Translaminar pressure

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; COSMONAUT; EYE BLOOD FLOW; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROGRAVITY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ASTRONAUTS; EYE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PAPILLEDEMA; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84873742199     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: 18793304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2012.04.002     Document Type: Review

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