Anti-aging effects of long-term space missions, estimated by heart rate variability

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Otsuka, Kuniaki, Cornelissen, Germaine, Kubo, Yutaka, Shibata, Koichi, Mizuno, Koh, Ohshima, Hiroshi, Furukawa, Satoshi, Mukai, Chiaki
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
• Subjects: Article; Norway; Tromso
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6586662/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31222071; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45387-6

Reports that aging slows down in space prompted this investigation of anti-aging effects in humans by analyzing astronauts’ heart rate variability (HRV). Ambulatory 48-hour electrocardiograms from 7 astronauts (42.1 ± 6.8 years; 6 men) 20.6 ± 2.7 days (ISS01) and 138.6 ± 21.8 days (ISS02) after laun...