Noninvasive Brain Stimulation & Space Exploration: Opportunities and Challenges.

ABSTRACT: As NASA prepares for longer space missions aiming for the Moon and Mars, astronauts' health and performance are becoming a central concern due to the threats associated with galactic cosmic radiation, unnatural gravity fields, and life in extreme environments. In space, the human brain undergoes functional and structural changes related to fluid shift and changes in intracranial pressure. Behavioral abnormalities, such as cognitive deficits, sleep disruption, and visuomotor difficulties, as well as psychological effects, are also an issue. We discuss opportunities and challenges of noninvasive brain stimulation (NiBS) methods - including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) - to support space exploration in several ways. NiBS includes safe a

SUBMITTER: Romanella SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8361862 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature