A Satellite Event of the FENS Forum 2022
Friday July the 8th
Registration is Free but mandatory
There will be a live streaming of the event; you can join virtually “amphitheatre Polonovski“
SE11 NEUROSCIENCES IN SPACE
This satellite meeting is dedicated to neuroscience experiments conducted in collaboration with space agencies to follow astronauts brain health and mental performance. Space flight creates particular living conditions that cause isolation, a drastic reduction of physical activity, an important exposure to radiation and a long-lasting reduction of gravity. The combination of these environmental alterations induces the so-called “space fog”, i.e the perturbation of the astronauts’ capacities to accurately perceive its environment and efficiently interact with it. Many experiments concerning proprioception, sensory, motor and cognitive functions are carried out by astronauts during their flights to evaluate the effects on the brain of this challenging environment. In addition to spaceflights, studies conducted during parabolic flights, bed-rest and dry immersion will be reported to explore the link between gravity sensing and brain functions, but also the effects of social isolation and sedentariness. We will finally discuss how animal experiments allow understanding the cellular and molecular basis of brain adaptation to real or simulated space-flight conditions.
Cady Coleman inserting conductive gel to the EEG-capturing scalp of the Neurospat experiment. The Neurospat is a study of spatial cognition, novelty processing and sensorimotor integration, composed of two principal experimental tasks: visual orientation and visuomotor tracking, plus additional, standardized electroencephalogram (EEG) tasks performed as a means of assessing general effects of the space station environment on EEG signals. ©ESA/NASA
Organizers
• Mathieu Beraneck & Michele Taglabue (INCC – UMR 8002 CNRS – Université Paris Cité)
• Lionel Bringoux (ISM – UMR 7287 CNRS – Aix Marseille Université)
• Jean-Luc Morel, Etienne Guillaud, Didier Le Ray (INCIA – UMR 5287 CNRS – Université de Bordeaux)
• Pierre Denise & Gilles Clément (COMETE – UMRS1075 Inserm – Université de Caen Normandie).
List of speakers
Program 08/07/2022
9h
Welcome and Introduction by Mathieu Beraneck.
9h15 – 10h15
Plenary lecture by Gilles Clément; chairman Pierre Denise
10h15 – 10h45
Coffee Break
10h45 – 12h15
Session 1 Sensory-motor functions; chairman Michele Tagliabue
10h45 – Joe McIntyre: the role of gravity in eye-hand coordination
11h05 – Lionel Bringoux: Initial state estimates of gravity-related force field shape motor control of goal-directed movements
11h30 – Philippe Lefèvre: Dexterous Manipulation in Microgravity (GRIP project)
11h55 – Ana Maria Cebolla Alvarez: EEG brain oscillations during a free-floating visuo-motor task in weightlessness
12h15 – 13h15
Lunch break
13h15 – 15h
Session 2 Structural and cognitive plasticity; chairman Lionel Bringoux
13h15 – Heather McGregor: Impacts of Spaceflight Experience on Human Brain Structure
13h35 – Friedl-Werner Anika: Hippocampal plasticity in response to spaceflight; the effects of isolation, confinement, and inactivity
14h – Raffaella Ricci: Effects of microgravity on cognitive functions during parabolic flights
14h20 – Pierre Denise: Intracranial pressure during microgravity. Effects of exercise and hypercapnia
14h40 – Floris Wuyts: Perivascular spaces are differently affected by microgravity in NASA astronauts than in Roscosmos cosmonauts. A solution for SANS?
15h – 15h30
Coffee break
15h30 – 17h
Session 3 Cellular and Molecular basis of brain adaptation; chairman Didier Le Ray
15h30 – Isabelle Mackrous: Neural evidence of an internal model of gravity
15h55 – Jérôme Carriot: Neural adaptation to a new sensory environment
16h20 – Alexandra Gros: alteration of adult neurogenesis in hindlimb suspended rats. Effect of exercise countermeasure
16h40 – Philippe De Deurwaerdère: Simulated microgravity subtly changes Monoamine Function across the Rat Brain. (on ZOOM)
17h – 17h45
Panel discussion: Spationauts engaged in neuroscience experiments; Chairman Jean-Luc Morel
17:00 – Angelique Van Ombergen Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration Programmes: ESA’s interest in neuroscience studies
17:20 – Open discussions on future programmes
17h45
Good-bye cocktail for speakers and guests
Location : 45 rue des St-Pères
Access to the Satellite will be restricted to participants with confirmed registration
