Coherence between Brain Cortical Function and Neurocognitive Performance during Changed Gravity Conditions

JoVE 2670 5/23/2011

Vera Brümmer¹, Stefan Schneider¹, Tobias Vogt¹, Heiko Strüder¹, Heather Carnahan², Christopher D. Askew³, Roland Csuhaj⁴

¹Institute of Movement and Neurosciences, German Sport University Cologne, ²Deptartment of Surgical Skills, University of Toronto, ³School of Human Movement Studies, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, ⁴Brain Products GmbH, Scientific Support, Gilching, Germany

The effect of weightlessness and hypergravity on both hemodynamic and electrophysiological processes in the brain is going to be followed during parabolic flight by EEG and NIRS techniques. A feasibility study of a more complex experiment, which is planned to carry out during medium- and long-term space flight.