• Retinal venular vessel diameters are smaller during ten days of bed rest 

      Saloň, Adam; Çiftci, Göktuğ Mert; Zubac, Damir; Šimunič, Boštjan; Pišot, Rado; Narici, Marco; Fredriksen, Per Morten; Nkeh-Chungag, Benedicta Ngwenchi; Sourij, Harald; Šerý, Omar; Schmid-Zalaudek, Karin; Steuber, Bianca; De Boever, Patrick; Goswami, Nandu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Older individuals experience cardiovascular dysfunction during extended bedridden hospital or care home stays. Bed rest is also used as a model to simulate accelerated vascular deconditioning occurring during spaceflight. ...