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The Contrast Sensitivity of the Visual System in “Dry” Immersion Conditions. / Shoshina, I. I.; Sosnina, I. S.; Zelenskiy, K. A.; Karpinskaya, V. Yu; Lyakhovetskii, V. A.; Pronin, S. V.
In: Biophysics (Russian Federation), Vol. 65, No. 4, 01.07.2020, p. 681-685.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - The Contrast Sensitivity of the Visual System in “Dry” Immersion Conditions
AU - Shoshina, I. I.
AU - Sosnina, I. S.
AU - Zelenskiy, K. A.
AU - Karpinskaya, V. Yu
AU - Lyakhovetskii, V. A.
AU - Pronin, S. V.
N1 - Funding Information: Financial support of this study was provided by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (grant no. 19-013-00036). Publisher Copyright: © 2020, Pleiades Publishing, Inc. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - We have studied the contrast sensitivity of the visual system in various ranges of the spatial frequencies in “dry” immersion conditions that simulate the physiological effects of microgravity. The contrast sensitivity in the range of low and high spatial frequencies is indicative of the functional state of the magnocellular and parvocellular neuronal pathways that form the dorsal and ventral information flows from the occipital to the frontal lobes. The study involved ten volunteers who were exposed to “dry” immersion for 21 days. The contrast sensitivity of the visual system was recorded with a method of visocontrastometry. The Gabor elements were used as stimuli. An increase in contrast sensitivity was registered in the low spatial frequency range with specific sensitivity of the magnocellular pathway to these frequencies on the third day of immersion and 1 day after the end of the experiment, compared to the background values. The contrast sensitivity in the high spatial frequency range with specific sensitivity of the parvocellular pathway to these frequencies in the experiment remained unchanged. Thus, our findings have shown that the magnocellular neuronal pathway is involved in the processes of adaptation to extreme ambient conditions.
AB - We have studied the contrast sensitivity of the visual system in various ranges of the spatial frequencies in “dry” immersion conditions that simulate the physiological effects of microgravity. The contrast sensitivity in the range of low and high spatial frequencies is indicative of the functional state of the magnocellular and parvocellular neuronal pathways that form the dorsal and ventral information flows from the occipital to the frontal lobes. The study involved ten volunteers who were exposed to “dry” immersion for 21 days. The contrast sensitivity of the visual system was recorded with a method of visocontrastometry. The Gabor elements were used as stimuli. An increase in contrast sensitivity was registered in the low spatial frequency range with specific sensitivity of the magnocellular pathway to these frequencies on the third day of immersion and 1 day after the end of the experiment, compared to the background values. The contrast sensitivity in the high spatial frequency range with specific sensitivity of the parvocellular pathway to these frequencies in the experiment remained unchanged. Thus, our findings have shown that the magnocellular neuronal pathway is involved in the processes of adaptation to extreme ambient conditions.
KW - adaptation
KW - immersion
KW - Keywords: contrast sensitivity
KW - magnocellular system
KW - microgravity
KW - neural networks
KW - parvocellular system
KW - spatial-frequency filtration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092777992&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1134/S0006350920040211
DO - 10.1134/S0006350920040211
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092777992
VL - 65
SP - 681
EP - 685
JO - Biophysics (Russian Federation)
JF - Biophysics (Russian Federation)
SN - 0006-3509
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 72060019