Effects of short‐term mild hypercapnia during head‐down tilt on intracranial pressure and ocular structures in healthy human subjects

SS Laurie, G Vizzeri, G Taibbi, CR Ferguson… - Physiological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Many astronauts experience ocular structural and functional changes during long‐duration
spaceflight, including choroidal folds, optic disc edema, globe flattening, optic nerve sheath …

Measuring the human ventilatory and cerebral blood flow response to CO2: a technical consideration for the end-tidal-to-arterial gas gradient

MM Tymko, RL Hoiland, T Kuca… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Our aim was to quantify the end-tidal-to-arterial gas gradients for O2 (PET-PaO2) and CO2
(Pa-PETCO2) during a CO2 reactivity test to determine their influence on the …

Cerebrovascular reactivity and cerebral autoregulation are improved in the supine posture compared to upright in healthy men and women

ME Favre, V Lim, MJ Falvo, JM Serrador - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Cerebrovascular reactivity and cerebral autoregulation are two major mechanisms that
regulate cerebral blood flow. Both mechanisms are typically assessed in either supine or …

Effects of short-term exposure to head-down tilt on cerebral hemodynamics: a prospective evaluation of a spaceflight analog using phase-contrast MRI

K Marshall-Goebel, K Ambarki… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Alterations in cerebral hemodynamics in microgravity are hypothesized to occur during
spaceflight and could be linked to the Visual Impairment and Intracranial Pressure …

Dynamic cerebral autoregulation and cerebrovascular carbon dioxide reactivity in middle and posterior cerebral arteries in young endurance-trained women

L Labrecque, A Drapeau, K Rahimaly… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The integrated responses regulating cerebral blood flow are understudied in women,
particularly in relation to potential regional differences. In this study, we compared dynamic …

Unchanged cerebrovascular CO2 reactivity and hypercapnic ventilatory response during strict head‐down tilt bed rest in a mild hypercapnic environment

SS Laurie, K Christian, J Kysar, SMC Lee… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Carbon dioxide levels are mildly elevated on the International Space Station and
it is unknown whether this chronic exposure causes physiological changes to astronauts …

Effects of− 10° and− 30° head-down tilt on cerebral blood velocity, dynamic cerebral autoregulation, and noninvasively estimated intracranial pressure

T Kato, T Kurazumi, T Konishi… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Steady-state cerebral blood flow (CBF) and dynamic cerebral autoregulation are reportedly
maintained during− 10° head-down tilt (HDT) despite slight increases in intracranial …

Quantifying cerebrovascular reactivity in anterior and posterior cerebral circulations during voluntary breath holding

CD Bruce, CD Steinback, UV Chauhan… - Experimental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
New Findings What is the central question of this study? We developed and validated a
'stimulus index'(SI; ratio of end‐tidal partial pressures of CO2 and O2) method to quantify …

Protocol-dependence of middle cerebral artery dilation to modest hypercapnia

BK Al-Khazraji, S Buch, M Kadem… - Applied Physiology …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
There is a need for improved understanding of how different cerebrovascular reactivity
(CVR) protocols affect vascular cross-sectional area (CSA) to reduce error in CVR …

The effects of superimposed tilt and lower body negative pressure on anterior and posterior cerebral circulations

MM Tymko, CA Rickards, RJ Skow… - Physiological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Steady‐state tilt has no effect on cerebrovascular reactivity to increases in the partial
pressure of end‐tidal carbon dioxide (PETCO 2). However, the anterior and posterior …