Space travel presents a number of environmental challenges to the central nervous system,
including changes in gravitational acceleration that alter the terrestrial synergies between …

Space travel has advanced significantly over the last six decades with astronauts spending
up to 6 months at the International Space Station. Nonetheless, the living environment while …

As human space exploration advances to establish a permanent presence beyond the Low
Earth Orbit (LEO) with NASA's Artemis mission, researchers are striving to understand and …

Background: Epidemiologic studies of radiation-exposed populations form the basis for
human safety standards. They also help shape public health policy and evidence-based …

In the coming decade, astronauts will travel back to the moon in preparation for future Mars
missions. Exposure to galactic cosmic radiation (GCR) is a major obstacle for deep space …

Radiation-induced foci (RIF) are nuclear puncta visualized by immunostaining of proteins
that regulate DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair after exposure to ionizing radiation. RIF …

Space agencies are working to establish a permanent human presence on the moon and to
reach Mars within the next few decades. In these missions, astronaut crew members will be …

Abstract Rationale and Hypothesis Advancements in technology, human adaptability, and
funding have increased space exploration and in turn commercial spaceflight. Corporations …

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is located at the interface between the vascular system and
the brain parenchyma, and is responsible for communication with systemic circulation and …

Ground-based rodent models have established that space radiation doses (approximately
those that astronauts will be exposed to on a mission to Mars) significantly impair …