German Sport University Cologne

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Neuroscience

Coherence between Brain Cortical Function and Neurocognitive Performance during Changed Gravity Conditions

Vera Brümmer¹, Stefan Schneider¹, Tobias Vogt¹, Heiko Strüder¹, Heather Carnahan², Christopher D. Askew³, Roland Csuhaj⁴

¹Institute of Movement and Neurosciences, German Sport University Cologne, ²Deptartment of Surgical Skills, University of Toronto, ³School of Human Movement Studies, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, ⁴Brain Products GmbH, Scientific Support, Gilching, Germany

The effect of weightlessness and hypergravity on both hemodynamic and electrophysiological processes in the brain is going to be followed during parabolic flight by EEG and NIRS techniques. A feasibility study of a more complex experiment, which is planned to carry out during medium- and long-term space flight.

Biochemistry

Immunostaining-Based Detection of Dynamic Alterations in Red Blood Cell Proteins

Marijke Grau¹, Lennart Kuck²

¹Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, ²Biorheology Research Laboratory, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University Gold Coast

Capturing dynamic changes in the protein activation of enucleated red blood cells poses methodological challenges, like the preservation of dynamic changes to acute stimuli for later assessment. The presented protocol describes sample preparation and staining techniques that enable preservation and analysis of relevant protein changes and subsequent detection.