Communications Biology (Jan 2023)
Prolonged microgravity induces reversible and persistent changes on human cerebral connectivity
- Steven Jillings,
- Ekaterina Pechenkova,
- Elena Tomilovskaya,
- Ilya Rukavishnikov,
- Ben Jeurissen,
- Angelique Van Ombergen,
- Inna Nosikova,
- Alena Rumshiskaya,
- Liudmila Litvinova,
- Jitka Annen,
- Chloë De Laet,
- Catho Schoenmaekers,
- Jan Sijbers,
- Victor Petrovichev,
- Stefan Sunaert,
- Paul M. Parizel,
- Valentin Sinitsyn,
- Peter zu Eulenburg,
- Steven Laureys,
- Athena Demertzi,
- Floris L. Wuyts
Affiliations
- Steven Jillings
- Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace, University of Antwerp
- Ekaterina Pechenkova
- Laboratory for Cognitive Research, HSE University
- Elena Tomilovskaya
- SSC RF—Institute for Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Ilya Rukavishnikov
- SSC RF—Institute for Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Ben Jeurissen
- Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace, University of Antwerp
- Angelique Van Ombergen
- Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace, University of Antwerp
- Inna Nosikova
- SSC RF—Institute for Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Alena Rumshiskaya
- Radiology Department, National Medical Research Treatment and Rehabilitation Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia
- Liudmila Litvinova
- Radiology Department, National Medical Research Treatment and Rehabilitation Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia
- Jitka Annen
- Coma Science Group, GIGA Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University and University Hospital of Liège
- Chloë De Laet
- Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace, University of Antwerp
- Catho Schoenmaekers
- Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace, University of Antwerp
- Jan Sijbers
- imec-Vision Lab, University of Antwerp
- Victor Petrovichev
- Radiology Department, National Medical Research Treatment and Rehabilitation Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia
- Stefan Sunaert
- Department of Imaging & Pathology, Translational MRI, KU Leuven—University of Leuven
- Paul M. Parizel
- Department of Radiology, Royal Perth Hospital and University of Western Australia Medical School
- Valentin Sinitsyn
- Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Peter zu Eulenburg
- Institute for Neuroradiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
- Steven Laureys
- Coma Science Group, GIGA Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University and University Hospital of Liège
- Athena Demertzi
- Physiology of Cognition, GIGA-CRC In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège
- Floris L. Wuyts
- Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace, University of Antwerp
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04382-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
rs-fMRI is used to investigate human brain connectivity changes induced by prolonged microgravity in cosmonauts before and after spaceflight, with both persistent and reversible location specific changes in connectivity being observed.
