Citation

Jaki Mekjavic P, Tipton MJ, Mekjavić IB. Exp. Physiol. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, The Physiological Society, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1113/EP088594

PMID

32386089

Abstract

NEW FINDINGS: What is the topic of this review? The effect of extreme environments on the visual system. What advances does it highlight? The manner in which environmental stressors directly and indirectly affect the eye and vision.

Much is known about the physiology and anatomy of the eye. Much less is known about the impact of different environments on the eye, and yet it is the pathophysiology that results from this interaction that is often the precursor to disaster. The present review focuses on the effect of different extreme environments on the visual system: in particular, the manner in which such environments affect the sensory mechanism of that system. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Language: en

Keywords

gravity; light; pressure; temperature; vision