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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Clément, Gillesa; * | Wood, Scott J.b
Affiliations: [a] International Space University, Strasbourg, France | [b] NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Gilles Clément, Ph.D, International Space University, Parc d'Innovation, 1 rue Jean-Dominique Cassini, Illkirch-Graffenstaden 67400, France. Tel.: +33 (0)388 65 54 44; Fax: +33 (0)388 65 54 47; E-mail: clement@isu.isunet.edu
Note: [1] This article was presented at the 8th Symposium on the Role of the Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration April 8–10, 2011, Houston, TX, USA
Abstract: Constant velocity off-vertical axis rotation (OVAR) provides dynamic linear acceleration stimuli that can be used to assess otolith function. Eight astronauts were rotated in darkness about their longitudinal axis 20° off vertical at low (0.125 Hz) and high (0.5 Hz) frequencies and their responses were compared before and after spaceflight. Eye movements were recorded using infrared videography and perceived motion was evaluated using a joystick with four degrees of freedom – pitch and roll tilt, front-back and lateral translation. Low-frequency OVAR generates tilt otolith-induced responses – modulation of ocular counter-roll and counter-pitch with perceived conical motion path – whereas high-frequency OVAR generates translational otolith-induced responses – modulation of horizontal and vergence slow phase velocity with perceived cylindrical motion path. While there were transient changes in the amplitude of the translational ocular responses on landing day, there were no major changes in the tilt ocular reflexes after adaptation to weightlessness. However, there was an increase in sensitivity to motion perception after spaceflight. Direct comparisons of pre- and postflight stimuli suggested that OVAR on landing day was less provocative of motion sickness than before spaceflight. These results confirm that some otolith reflexes elicited during passive motion may not be altered by short-duration spaceflight – or may readapt very quickly – and that the resolution of sensory conflict associated with postflight recovery involves higher-order neural processes.
Keywords: OVAR, otolith, spatial orientation, microgravity
DOI: 10.3233/VES-130471
Journal: Journal of Vestibular Research, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 13-22, 2013
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