A potential compensatory mechanism for spaceflight associated neuro-ocular changes from microgravity: current understanding and future directions
Eye (Lond)
.
2024 Jun;38(9):1605-1607.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-02952-2.
Epub 2024 Feb 8.
Authors
Benjamin Soares
1
,
Joshua Ong
2
,
Daniela Osteicoechea
3
,
Cihan Mehmet Kadipasaoglu
4
,
Ethan Waisberg
5
,
Prithul Sarker
6
,
Nasif Zaman
6
,
Alireza Tavakkoli
6
,
Gianmarco Vizzeri
7
,
Andrew G Lee
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Affiliations
1
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
2
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
3
Texas A&M School of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA.
4
Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
5
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
6
Human-Machine Perception Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA.
7
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
8
Texas A&M School of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA. ew690@cam.ac.uk.
9
Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. ew690@cam.ac.uk.
10
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. ew690@cam.ac.uk.
11
Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. ew690@cam.ac.uk.
12
The Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. ew690@cam.ac.uk.
13
Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. ew690@cam.ac.uk.
14
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. ew690@cam.ac.uk.
15
Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA. ew690@cam.ac.uk.
PMID:
38332375
PMCID:
PMC11156849
(available on
2025-06-01
)
DOI:
10.1038/s41433-024-02952-2
No abstract available
Publication types
Editorial
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Physiological / physiology
Humans
Space Flight*
Weightlessness* / adverse effects
Grants and funding
80NSSC20K183/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)