MRI technique developed at Vision Lab uncovers changes in brains of astronauts
Researchers at the University of Antwerp are studying the impact of long-duration spaceflight on one of our most important organs: the brain. In the past 7 years, an international team of scientists has been collecting and processing diffusion MRI scans of Russian cosmonauts, before and after their six-month stay in in the International Space Station.
Using , an analysis technique developed at the by , the team was able to show how the brain adapts to constant weightlessness. Their findings were published in .