Linking cerebral hemodynamics and ocular microgravity-induced alterations through an in silico-in vivo head-down tilt framework.


Journal

NPJ microgravity
ISSN: 2373-8065
Titre abrégé: NPJ Microgravity
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101703605

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 Feb 2024
Historique:
received: 30 06 2023
accepted: 15 02 2024
medline: 28 2 2024
pubmed: 28 2 2024
entrez: 27 2 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Head-down tilt (HDT) has been widely proposed as a terrestrial analog of microgravity and used also to investigate the occurrence of spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), which is currently considered one of the major health risks for human spaceflight. We propose here an in vivo validated numerical framework to simulate the acute ocular-cerebrovascular response to 6° HDT, to explore the etiology and pathophysiology of SANS. The model links cerebral and ocular posture-induced hemodynamics, simulating the response of the main cerebrovascular mechanisms, as well as the relationship between intracranial and intraocular pressure to HDT. Our results from short-term (10 min) 6° HDT show increased hemodynamic pulsatility in the proximal-to-distal/capillary-venous cerebral direction, a marked decrease (-43%) in ocular translaminar pressure, and an increase (+31%) in ocular perfusion pressure, suggesting a plausible explanation of the underlying mechanisms at the onset of ocular globe deformation and edema formation over longer time scales.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38413627
doi: 10.1038/s41526-024-00366-8
pii: 10.1038/s41526-024-00366-8
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

22

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Matteo Fois (M)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin, 10129, Italy. matteo.fois@polito.it.

Ana Diaz-Artiles (A)

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3141 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843-3141, USA.
Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas A&M University, 2929 Research Pkwy, College Station, TX, 77845, USA.

Syeda Yasmin Zaman (SY)

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3141 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843-3141, USA.

Luca Ridolfi (L)

Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin, 10129, Italy.
PolitoBioMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin, 10129, Italy.

Stefania Scarsoglio (S)

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin, 10129, Italy.
PolitoBioMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin, 10129, Italy.

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