Effect of simulated weightlessness on the response characteristics of human brain

Sci China B. 1989 Nov;32(11):1329-41.

Abstract

In order to systematically investigate the effects of simulated weightlessness on the function state of human brain, 15 degrees head-down tilt (HDT) was used to simulate weightlessness, and the response changes of event-related EEG power spectra, medium-frequency synchronous potentials and slow-waves were examined in the present study. It was found that HDT had characteristic effects on the above EEG responses, suggesting that the effects mainly occurred in the brain's regulatory system, therefore, resulting in changes of the brain function state.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiology
  • Electroencephalography
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory
  • Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Weightlessness*