NASA Spaceline 16 March 2007 Current Space Life Science Awareness
The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window.
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Zhang R, Levine BD.
Autonomic ganglionic blockade does not prevent reduction in cerebral blood flow velocity during orthostasis in humans.
Stroke. 2007 Mar 1; [Epub ahead of print]
(HSR&T PI: C.G. Blomqvist/B.D. Levine) -
Spier SA, Delp MD, Stallone JN, Dominguez JM, Muller-Delp JM.
Exercise training enhances flow-induced vasodilation in skeletal muscle resistance arteries of aged rats: Role of PGI2 and NO.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Mar 2; [Epub ahead of print]
(HSR&T PI: M.D. Delp) -
Edmonds JL, Jarchow T, Young LR.
A stair-stepper for exercising on a short-radius centrifuge.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Feb;78(2):129-34.
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Kwon D, Bouffard JA, van Holsbeeck M, Sargsyan AE, Hamilton DR, Melton SL, Dulchavsky SA.
Battling fire and ice: Remote guidance ultrasound to diagnose injury on the International Space Station and the ice rink.
Am J Surg. 2007 Mar;193(3):417-20.
(HSR&T PI: S.A. Dulchavsky)
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National Hockey League and Olympic athletic trainers were taught to use remote ultrasound diagnosis, as has been done on ISS.
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Cucinotta FA, Kim MH, Schneider SI, Hassler DM.
Description of light ion production cross sections and fluxes on the Mars surface using the QMSFRG model.
Radiat Environ Biophys. 2007 Mar 7; [Epub ahead of print]
(HSR&T PI: F.A. Cucinotta) -
Jackson SR, Zhu CH, Paulson V, Watkins L, Dikmen ZG, Gryaznov SM, Wright WE, Shay JW.
Antiadhesive effects of GRN163L–An oligonucleotide N3′->P5′ thio-phosphoramidate targeting telomerase.
Cancer Res. 2007 Feb 1;67(3):1121-9.
(HSR&T PI: J.D. Minna) -
Stowe RP, Kozlova EV, Yetman DL, Walling DM, Goodwin JS, Glaser R.
Chronic herpesvirus reactivation occurs in aging.
Exp Gerontol. 2007 Jan 30; [Epub ahead of print]
(HSR&T PI: R.P. Stowe) -
Sandmann T, Girardot C, Brehme M, Tongprasit W, Stolc V, Furlong EE.
A core transcriptional network for early mesoderm development in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genes Dev. 2007 Feb 15;21(4):436-49. -
Sabina RL, Paul AL, Ferl RJ, Laber B, Lindell SD.
Adenine nucleotide pool perturbation is a metabolic trigger for AMP deaminase inhibitor-based herbicide toxicity.
Plant Physiol. 2007 Feb 16; [Epub ahead of print]
(HSR&T PI: R.J. Ferl)
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This paper can be obtained online without charge.
Other papers of interest:
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Berthon P, Duguez S, Favier FB, Amirouche A, Feasson L, Vico L, Denis C, Freyssenet D.
Regulation of ubiquitin-proteasome system, caspase enzyme activities, and extracellular proteinases in rat soleus muscle in response to unloading.
Pflugers Arch. 2007 Mar 3; [Epub ahead of print] -
Servais S, Letexier D, Favier R, Duchamp C, Desplanches D.
Prevention of unloading-induced atrophy by vitamin E supplementation: Links between oxidative stress and soleus muscle proteolysis?
Free Radic Biol Med. 2007 Mar 1;42(5):627-35. Epub 2006 Dec 15. -
Canu MH, Darnaudery M, Falempin M, Maccari S, Viltart O.
Effect of hindlimb unloading on motor activity in adult rats: Impact of prenatal stress.
Behav Neurosci. 2007 Feb;121(1):177-85. -
Chen CH, Liu X, Yeh ML, Huang MH, Zhai Q, Lowe WR, Lintner DM, Luo ZP.
Pathological changes of human ligament after complete mechanical unloading.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Feb 12; [Epub ahead of print] -
Zorbas YG, Kakuris KK, Deogenov VA, Yerullis KB.
Phosphate homeotasis in healthy subjects during prolonged periodic and continuous hypokinesia.
Clin Biochem. 2007 Jan 26; [Epub ahead of print] -
Esch BT, Scott JM, Warburton DE.
Construction of a lower body negative pressure chamber.
Adv Physiol Educ. 2007 Mar;31(1):76-81.
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This paper can be obtained online without charge.
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Montcalm-Smith E, Caviness J, Chen Y, McCarron RM.
Stress biomarkers in a rat model of decompression sickness.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Feb;78(2):87-93. -
Lu HB, Zhang LF, Bai J, Liu X, Zhang GP.
Mathematical modeling of high G protection afforded by various anti-G equipment and techniques.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Feb;78(2):100-9. -
Ohyama S, Nishiike S, Watanabe H, Matsuoka K, Akizuki H, Takeda N, Harada T.
Autonomic responses during motion sickness induced by virtual reality.
Auris Nasus Larynx. 2007 Feb 28; [Epub ahead of print] -
Taube JS.
The head direction signal: Origins and sensory-motor integration.
Annu Rev Neurosci. 2007 Mar 6; [Epub ahead of print] -
Tabony J, Rigotti N, Glade N, Cortes S.
Effect of weightlessness on colloidal particle transport and segregation in self-organising microtubule preparations.
Biophys Chem. 2007 Feb 8; [Epub ahead of print]
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Maxus 5 sounding rocket results.
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Polte TR, Shen M, Karavitis J, Montoya M, Pendse J, Xia S, Mazur E, Ingber DE.
Nanostructured magnetizable materials that switch cells between life and death.
Biomaterials. 2007 Feb 15; [Epub ahead of print] -
Saha S, Paul D, Mukherjee A, Banerjee S, Majumder GC.
A computerized spectrophotometric instrumental system to determine the “vertical velocity” of sperm cells: A novel concept.
Cytometry A. 2007 Feb 23; [Epub ahead of print]
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From abstract: ?Undertaking upward movement against gravity is much tougher as compared with horizontal movement. Consequently average vertical velocity is expected to be a much better identifying parameter for assessing semen and other motile cell quality.?
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Carin-Levy G, Jones D.
Psychosocial aspects of scuba diving for people with physical disabilities: An occupational science perspective.
Can J Occup Ther. 2007 Feb;74(1):6-14.
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From abstract: ?subjects [people with physical disabilities] stressed that carrying out the activity in a buoyant environment allowed them to feel weightless, thus free from their impairments and equal to non-disabled divers.?