Final Programme & Abstract Book 7th Symposium on the Role of the Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration 7 – 9 June 2006 European Space Research and Technology Centre ( ESTEC) Noordwijk, The Netherlands Scientific committee: C. Oman (Chair) - USA A. Clarke - Germany J. McIntyre – France F. Wuyts – Belgium F.O. Black L.R. Harris - Canada I.B. Kozlovskaya - Russia I.S Curthoys - Australia A. Berthoz - France J.B. Clark - USA J.-L. Thonnard - Belgium J. Bos - Netherlands W. Bles - Netherlands G. Clement - France Local organising committee: P. Sundblad (Chair) - Swedens C. Oman (for the local org. committeee) - USA E. Horn - Germany M. Heppener - The Netherlands L.R. Young - USA W.H. Paloski – USA F.O. Black - USA Secretariat: ESA Conference Bureau P.O. Box 299 2200 AG Noordwijk The Netherlands Ph: +31 71 565 5005 F : +31 71 5655658 E-mail: [email protected] Final Programme / Table of Contents Wednesday 7 June 08.00 Registration 09.00 Welcome Session 1 Vestibulo-Ocular Chair: Clement, G; Clarke, A. 09.40 Head Vertical (Z-Axis) Acceleration Alters Roll, Pitch and Yaw Orientation of the Eyes in the Rabbit .......1 Cohen, ,1; Maruta, J2; Simpson, J2; Raphan, T3 1Mount Sinai School of Medicine, UNITED STATES; 2New York University School of Medicine, UNITED STATES; 3Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, UNITED STATES 10.00 ETD Eye Tracking Device on ISS......................................................................................................................2 Hofmann, P1; Schmolke, J1; Hoffmann, H2; Bauer, H3; Clarke, A4; Drüen, K4 1Kayser-Threde GmbH, GERMANY; 2DLR e.V., GERMANY; 3ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; 4Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, GERMANY 10.20 The Collinearity of Listing’s Plane and the Vestibulo-Oculomotor Reflex in Microgravity .............................3 Clarke, A1; Haslwanter, T2 1Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, GERMANY; 2Upper Austrian Research Center, AUSTRIA 10.40 Modification of Eccentric Gaze-Holding ..........................................................................................................4 Somers, J1; Reschke, M2 1Wyle Laboratories, UNITED STATES; 2NASA Johnson Space Center, UNITED STATES 11.00 coffee break 11.20 Modification of Eye Movements and Motion Perception during Off-Vertical Axis Rotation ...........................5 Wood, S1; Reschke, M1; Denise, P2; Clément, G3 1NASA JSC, UNITED STATES; 2Faculté de Médecine de Caen, FRANCE; 3CNRS, FRANCE 11.40 Retention of Vestibular Habituation to Repeated Velocity Steps in Humans ....................................................6 Clément, G1; Courjon, J2; Tilikete, C2 1CNRS, FRANCE; 2INSERM U534 Bron, FRANCE 12.00 Static and Dynamic Vestibulo-ocular Reactions after Prolonged Microgravity ................................................7 Kornilova, L1; Alekhina, M2; Temnikova, V2; Yakushev, A3 1RF SSC-IBMP, R.Ac.Sc., Moscow, Russia, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; 2RF SSC-IBMP, R.Ac.Sc., RUSSIAN FEDERATION; 3Lomonosov's Moscow State University, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 12.20 A Comparison of Gravity-Dependent Adaptation of The Roll, Pitch and Yaw Angular Vor (Avor) ................8 Yakushin, S1; Storozh, O1; Xiang, Y2; Raphan, T2; Cohen, B1 1Mount Sinai School of Medicine, UNITED STATES; 2Brooklyn College, CUNY, UNITED STATES 12.40 Effects of Water Immersion on The Gaze Fixation Reaction in Rhesus Monkeys ............................................9 Badakva, A; Miller, N; Eron, J RF SRC – Institute of Biomedical Problems RAS, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 13.00 Lunch Session 2 Clinical Assessment Chair: Sundblad, P; Wuyts, F 14.00 Testing Otolith Function: 500Hz Bone Conducted Vibration Selectively Activates Irregular Otolithic Neurons and Causes An Eye Movement Response in Humans ........................................................................................10 Curthoys, I1; Kim, J2; Burgess, A2; Camp, A2; McPhedran, S2; Attard, M2; McGarvie, L3; Halmagyi, G3; Iwasaki, S4 1University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA; 2School of Psychology, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA; 3Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA; 4Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN 14.20 Measurement of Otolith Ocular Counterroll without Head or Body Restraints .................................................12 Brütting, M Research Establishment for Applied Science (FGAN), GERMANY 14.40 Otholith Function Testing: Sinusoidal Lateral Displacement during 400 Deg/S Rotations ...............................13 Wuyts, F; Vanspauwen, R; Jansen, E; Van de Heyning, P University of Antwerp, BELGIUM 15.00 The Effect of Angular Velocity on Brain Cognitive Processing: An ERP Study ..............................................14 Wang, L; Zhang, D; Guo, J; Cao, Y; Zhao, Q; Tong, F; Niu, D Institute of Space-Medico Engineering, CHINA 15.20 Coffee break Session 3 Neuropysiology Chair: Curthoys, I.S; Horn, E 15.40 Effect of The Protonophore FCCP on The Glutamate Release from Rat Brain Synaptosomes under Altered Gravity Conditions .............................................................................................................................................15 Borisova, T; Krisanova, N Palladin Institute of Biochemistry NAS of Ukraine, UKRAINE 16.00 Exposure to Microgravity during Spaceflight and Suppression of The Transcription Factor Xtcf-4 Result in Similar Phenotypes in Tadpoles (Xenopus Laevis)............................................................................................16 Horn, E1; El-Yamany, N2; Wedlich, D3; Kunz, M3; Gradl, D3 1University, GERMANY; 2Zoology Department, Helwan University, Cairo, EGYPT; 3Zoology Department, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY 16.20 EEG Changes in The Hippocampus Following Bilateral Vestibular Damage ..................................................17 Smith, P1; Smith, P2; Russell, N2; Horii, A3; Darlington, C2; Bilkey, D2 1University of Otago Medical School, NEW ZEALAND; 2University of Otago, NEW ZEALAND; 3University of Osaka, JAPAN 17.00 Departure by bus to Katwijk harbour 17.15 Departure for dinner cruise 21.00 Departure by Bus to Estec and various hotels Noordwijk Thursday 8 June Session 4 Spatial Orientation Chair: Oman, C; McIntyre, J 09.00 Reproduction of Vestibular Stimulation Duration..............................................................................................18 Israël, I1; Capelli, A1; Leboucher, P1; Rivaud-Péchoux, S2; Gaymard, B2 1CNRS, FRANCE; 2INSERM, FRANCE 09.20 Adjustment of Body Position in Pitch and Roll..................................................................................................20 Jarchow, T Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES 09.40 Temporal Estimates during Post-Rotatory Sensation ........................................................................................21 Capelli, A; Bobin, A; Israel, I LPCMV, CNRS-Renault, UMR2858, FRANCE 10.00 A Bayesian Model for Estimating Body Orientation from Vestibular and Visual Information ........................22 MacNeilage, P; Banks, M UC Berkeley, UNITED STATES 10.20 Perceptual Centering of Body Segment Orientation ..........................................................................................24 Hanes, D Legacy Research Center, UNITED STATES 10.40 Measuring the Perceptual Upright while Manipulating Body Orientation and the Orientation of the Visual Background Relative to Gravity.........................................................................................................................26 Dyde, R; Jenkin, M; Harris, L York University, CANADA 11.00 Coffee break 11.20 Effect of Field of View on a Visual Reorientation Illusion: Does the levitation Illusion Depend on the View Seen or the Scene Viewed? ................................................................................................................................27 Jenkin, H1; Zacher, J1; Oman, C2; Harris, L1 1York University, CANADA; 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES 11.40 Visual Cues to the Direction of the Floor: Implications for Spacecraft Design ................................................28 Harris, L1; Dyde, R1; Oman, C2; Jenkin, M1 1York University, CANADA; 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES 12.00 Spatial Memory Deficits Following Vestibular Damage: Do They Recover Over Time? .................................29 Darlington, C1; Darlington, C2; Zheng, Y3; Goddard, M3; Smith, P3 1University of Otago Medical School, NEW ZEALAND; 2University of Otago, NEW CALEDONIA; 3University of Otago, NEW ZEALAND 12.20 Incongruent Spacecraft Module Visual Verticals Affect Spatial Task Performance .........................................30 Oman, C1; Benveniste, D1; Buckland, D1; Aoki, H1; Liu, A1; Natapoff, A1; Kozhevnikov, M2 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES; 2Rutgers University, UNITED STATES 12.40 The Effect of The Configuration, Frame of Reference, and Spatial Ability on Spatial Orientation during Virtual Three-Dimensional Navigation Train.................................................................................................................31 Hirofumi Aoki, H; Charles M. Oman, C; Alan Natapoff, A; Andrew M. Liu, A Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES 13.00 Lunch Session 5 Spaceflight Countermeasures Chair: Clark, J B; Kozlovskaya, I B 14.00 Head Tilt Posturography to Enhance Balance Control Assessment for Astronauts: A Case Study ..................32 Hwang, E1; Paloski, W2 1Wyle Life Sciences, UNITED STATES; 2NASA Johnson Space Center, UNITED STATES 14.20 Functional and Performance Tests