This book consolidates the current knowledge of how short and long-duration spaceflight affects the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system. It also incorporates the methodology and constraints of studying the central nervous system in space.
Chapters detail advances in imaging techniques available to assess intracranial and intraocular pathology as well as translational medicine with an emphasis on brain cancer and neurodegenerative disease in spa...
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1. History of Spaceflight and the Central Nervous System.- 2. Cardiovascular Physiology and Fluid Shifts in Space.- 3. Effects of Microgravity and Space Radiatio...
Sobre el autor
Alex P. Michael, MD
Neurological Surgeon, Mercy Clinic Neurosurgery
Christian Otto, MD
Director of Teleoncology, Memorial Sloan Kette...