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Abstract
Head-down tilt (HDT) has been widely proposed as a terrestrial analog of microgravity and used also to investigate the occurrence of spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), which is currently considered one of the major health risks for human spaceflight. We propose here an in vivo validated numerical framework to simulate the acute ocular-cerebrovascular response to 6° HDT, to explore the etiology and pathophysiology of SANS. The model links cerebral and ocular posture-induced hemodynamics, simulating the response of the main cerebrovascular mechanisms, as well as the relationship between intracranial and intraocular pressure to HDT. Our results from short-term (10 min) 6° HDT show increased hemodynamic pulsatility in the proximal-to-distal/capillary-venous cerebral direction, a marked decrease (-43%) in ocular translaminar pressure, and an increase (+31%) in ocular perfusion pressure, suggesting a plausible explanation of the underlying mechanisms at the onset of ocular globe deformation and edema formation over longer time scales.
npj MicrogravityPhysics and Astronomy-Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
CiteScore
7.30
自引率
7.80%
发文量
50
审稿时长
9 weeks
期刊介绍:
A new open access, online-only, multidisciplinary research journal, npj Microgravity is dedicated to publishing the most important scientific advances in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering fields that are facilitated by spaceflight and analogue platforms.