Study protocol to examine the effects of spaceflight and a spaceflight analog on neurocognitive performance: Extent, longevity, and neural bases

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Koppelmans, Vincent ^a   Erdeniz, Burak ^a   De Dios, Yiri E ^b   Wood, Scott J ^c,d   Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^a   Kofman, Igor ^b   Bloomberg, Jacob J ^d   Mulavara, Ajitkumar P ^d,e   Seidler, Rachael D ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Pacific Azusa University ^*  (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronauts; Bed rest; Cognition; Longitudinal studies; Microgravity; MRI; Neuroimaging; Sensorimotor feedback; Space flight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MICROGRAVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RISK FACTOR; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPACE FLIGHT; STABILOGRAPHY; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ASTRONAUTS; BED REST; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIALS; WEIGHTLESSNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890344700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-205     Document Type: Article

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