Association of Space Flight With Problems of the Brain and Eyes

Ari Shinojima; Itsuhiro Kakeya; Satoru Tada

doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.2635

Association of Space Flight With Problems of the Brain and Eyes

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep 1;136(9):1075-1076. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.2635.

Authors

Ari Shinojima¹, Itsuhiro Kakeya², Satoru Tada³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
² Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto, Japan.
³ Department of Neurology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Japan.

Abstract

This study explores the association of cerebrospinal fluid pressure and brain upward shift with space flight–associated neuroocular syndrome in postflight astronauts.

MeSH terms

Brain Diseases / etiology*
Brain Diseases / physiopathology
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / physiology
Eye Diseases / etiology*
Eye Diseases / physiopathology
Humans
Intracranial Pressure / physiology
Intraocular Pressure / physiology
Models, Theoretical
Optic Nerve / physiopathology*
Space Flight*
Weightlessness / adverse effects*