- Title
- A perspective on spaceflight associated neuro-ocular syndrome causation secondary to elevated venous sinus pressure
- Creator
- Bateman, Grant Alexander; Bateman, Alexander Robert
- Relation
- n p j Microgravity Vol. 8, Issue 2022, no. 3
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41526-022-00188-6
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Spaceflight associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS) alters the vision of astronauts during long-duration spaceflights. There is controversy regarding SANS being similar to patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). IIH has been shown to be due to an elevation in venous sinus pressure. The literature suggests an increase in jugular vein pressure secondary to a headward shift of fluid occurs in SANS but this may not be enough to significantly alter the intracranial pressure (ICP). The literature regarding cardiac output and cerebral blood flow (CBF) in long-duration spaceflight is contradictory, however, more recent data suggests increased flow. Recent modelling has shown that an increase in CBF can significantly increase sinus pressure. The purpose of the present paper is to review the SANS vascular dynamics literature and through mathematical modelling suggest the possible underlying cause of SANS as an elevation in venous sinus pressure, secondary to the redistribution of fluids towards the head, together with a significant increase in pressure drop across the venous system related to the CBF.
- Subject
- manned space flight; neuro-ocular syndrome; cerebral blood flow; intracranial hypertension
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1481347
- Identifier
- uon:50706
- Identifier
- ISSN:2373-8065
- Rights
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Language
- eng
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