[Effect of long-term microgravity on the vestibular function]

Autor: L N, Kornilova, V V, Temnikova, M I, Alekhina, I A, Naumov, V P, Borovikova, A G, Iakushev, E A, Muratova, A V, Vasin
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina = Aerospace and environmental medicine. 40(6)
ISSN: 0233-528X
Popis: Comprehensive computerized oculomotor testing was used to investigate the vestibular function in 9 Russian members of ISS crews 3-9 on days 1 (2), 4 (5) and 8 (9) of return from long-term stay in microgravity (126 to 195 days). The vestibular function was assessed by the static otolith-cervical-ocular reflex, dynamic otolith-cervical-ocular reactions, vestibular reactivity, and spontaneous oculomotor activity. The postflight investigations revealed functional disorders in the peripheral (an increased vestibular reactivity, absent or damped otolith-cervical-ocular reflex), and central (spontaneous typical and atypical nystagmus, gaze nystagmus) vestibular analyzer. The pattern and extent of vestibular disorders after long-term exposure in microgravity were individual by character; however, some of the vestibular reactions, including disappearance or considerable damping of the static otolith-cervical-ocular reflex, exaggerated vestibular reactivity and spontaneous eye movements, displayed consistency.
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