title: [Recent progress of weightlessness impact on the eye].
abstract: The impact of weightlessness on the eye becomes more and more important with the increase of human space exploration. There is significant elevation in cephalad fluid and ophthalmic vein when individuals are in the state of weightlessness. In this paper, we review adverse effects in weightlessness station, including: retina damage (disc edema, choroidal folds, cotton wool spots, nerve fiber layer thickening), visual function decrease (decreased near vision, decreased ability of acquire and fixate on the target), and intraocular pressure increase.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Key Lab, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Zhenfei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Key Lab, Beijing 100730, China; Email: siquanzhu@sina.com.
authors.forename: Siquan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005123:Eye; D006801:Humans; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013026:Space Flight; D014893:Weightlessness / Q000009:adverse effects*