Human health during space travel: state-of-the-art review

C Krittanawong, NK Singh, RA Scheuring, E Urquieta… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The field of human space travel is in the midst of a dramatic revolution. Upcoming missions
are looking to push the boundaries of space travel, with plans to travel for longer distances …

Neuro-consequences of the spaceflight environment

SD Mhatre, J Iyer, S Puukila, AM Paul… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
As human space exploration advances to establish a permanent presence beyond the Low
Earth Orbit (LEO) with NASA's Artemis mission, researchers are striving to understand and …

The effects of long duration spaceflight on sensorimotor control and cognition

GD Tays, KE Hupfeld, HR McGregor… - Frontiers in neural …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Astronauts returning from spaceflight typically show transient declines in mobility and
balance. Other sensorimotor behaviors and cognitive function have not been investigated as …

Head Down Tilt Bed Rest Plus Elevated CO2 as a Spaceflight Analog: Effects on Cognitive and Sensorimotor Performance

JK Lee, Y De Dios, I Kofman, AP Mulavara… - Frontiers in Human …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Long duration head down tilt bed rest (HDBR) has been widely used as a spaceflight analog
environment to understand the effects of microgravity on human physiology and …

Developing proprioceptive countermeasures to mitigate postural and locomotor control deficits after long-duration spaceflight

TR Macaulay, BT Peters, SJ Wood… - Frontiers in Systems …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Astronauts experience post-flight disturbances in postural and locomotor control due to
sensorimotor adaptations during spaceflight. These alterations may have adverse …

The effects of 30 minutes of artificial gravity on cognitive and sensorimotor performance in a spaceflight analog environment

GD Tays, HR McGregor, JK Lee, N Beltran… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The altered vestibular signaling and somatosensory unloading of microgravity result in
sensory reweighting and adaptation to conflicting sensory inputs. Aftereffects of these …

The role of long-term head-down bed rest in understanding inter-individual variation in response to the spaceflight environment: a perspective review

JPR Scott, A Kramer, N Petersen, DA Green - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Exposure to the spaceflight environment results in profound multi-system physiological
adaptations in which there appears to be substantial inter-individual variability (IV) between …

Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration

G Clément, SC Moudy, TR Macaulay… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
To properly assess the risk induced by vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during
exploration missions, we examined how long-duration stays on the International Space …

Sensory organization of postural control after long term space flight

N Shishkin, V Kitov, D Sayenko… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Alterations in motor control systems is an inevitable consequence of space
flights of any duration. After the flight, the crew-members have significant difficulties with …

Neural Correlates of Vestibular Processing During a Spaceflight Analog With Elevated Carbon Dioxide (CO2): A Pilot Study

KE Hupfeld, JK Lee, NE Gadd, IS Kofman… - Frontiers in Systems …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Astronauts return to Earth from spaceflight missions with impaired mobility and balance;
recovery can last weeks postflight. This is due in large part to the altered vestibular signaling …