Critical Role of Somatosensation in Postural Control Following Spaceflight: Vestibularly Deficient Astronauts Are Not Able to Maintain Upright Stance During Compromised Somatosensation

Critical Role of Somatosensation in Postural Control Following Spaceflight: Vestibularly Deficient Astronauts Are Not Able to Maintain Upright Stance During Compromised Somatosensation

The free-fall of orbital spaceflight effectively removes the gravitational vector used as a primary spatial orientation reference on Earth. Sustained absence of this reference drives adaptive changes in the internal perception-action models of the central nervous system (CNS), most notably in the pr...

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Main Authors: Recep A. Ozdemir, Rahul Goel, Millard F. Reschke, Scott J. Wood, William H. Paloski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
sensory reweighting
postural control
spaceflight
somatosensory inputs
elderly
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.01680/full

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