Publications by authors named "L A Banker"
Article Synopsis
- Astronauts returning to Earth experience changes in sensorimotor behavior, but their adaptability to sensory conflicts in microgravity is less understood.
- During a study involving tasks performed pre-, in-, and post-flight in an MRI scanner, astronauts showed no change in adaptability but greater aftereffects of adaptation while in microgravity.
- Post-flight, astronauts exhibited increased brain activity that took up to 90 days to return to pre-flight levels, suggesting that their brains were compensating to maintain performance despite the challenges of microgravity.
Background: Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) guidelines recognize low-titer group O whole blood (LTOWB) as the resuscitative fluid of choice for combat wounded. Utilization of prescreened LTOWB in a walking blood bank (WBB) format has been well described by the Ranger O low-titer blood (ROLO) and the United States Marine Corps Valkyrie programs, but it has not been applied to the maritime setting.
Methods: We describe three WBB experiences of an expeditionary resuscitative surgical system (ERSS) team, attached to three nontraditional maritime medical receiving platforms, over 6 months.
Recent data suggest that interactions between systems involved in higher order knowledge and associative learning drive responses during value-based learning. However, it is unknown how these systems impact subjective responses, such as pain. We tested how instructions and reversal learning influence pain and pain-evoked brain activation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt seemed clear that the growth was linked to a recent trip to a tropical location. But the true cause wasn't the one that was originally suspected.
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