Space Travel Impacts on Brain Connectivity, Says Cosmonaut Study

An international team of Russian and Belgian researchers, including scientists from HSE University, has found out that space travel has a significant impact on the brain: they discovered that cosmonauts demonstrate changes in brain connectivity related to perception and movement. Some areas, such as regions in the insular and parietal cortices, work more synchronously with other brain areas after the space flight. On the other hand, connectivity of some other regions, such as the cerebellum and vestibular nuclei, decreases. The results of the study were published in Frontiers in Physiology. https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/space-travel-impacts-on-brain-connectivity-says-cosmonaut-study-322991?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Breaking%20Science%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=75862040&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--5syXskMjbzh29vwPkVZR9BETUBsyxkXaHaQduDwSA8WZExORkYHPR6DzfuOEWi6AvwEBkX-E84qjGHAH0hNoiap7OdA&_hsmi=75862040