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NCT04856410
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Effects of Long-Duration Spaceflight on General and Spatial Cognition and Its Neural Basis

Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania

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Summary

This study investigates the effects of extended-duration spaceflight (12-month International Space Station missions) on general cognitive performance (measured with the Cognition test battery), spatial cognition, structural and functional brain changes in general, and hippocampal plasticity more specifically relative to the shorter 6-month and 2-month missions.

Official title: Temporal Nature of Cognitive and Visuospatial Brain Domain Changes During Long-Duration Low-Earth Orbit Missions (Spatial Cognition)

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

Any - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

14

Start Date

2021-08-01

Completion Date

2028-06-30

Last Updated

2025-10-10

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Interventions

OTHER

Spaceflight

Exposure to the spaceflight environment on the International Space Station for 2, 6, or 12 months.

OTHER

Controls

No intervention

Locations (3)

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Houston, Texas, United States

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Berlin, Germany