NASA Spaceline 19 October 2006 Current Space Life Science Awareness
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Heinemeier KM, Olesen JL, Schjerling P, Haddad F, Langberg H, Baldwin KM, Kjaer M.
Short-term strength training and the expression of myostatin and IGF-I isoforms in rat muscle and -tendon: Differential effects of specific contraction types.
J Appl Physiol. 2006 Oct 12; [Epub ahead of print]
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Schultz E, Chamberlain C, McCormick KM, Mozdziak PE.
Satellite cells express distinct patterns of myogenic proteins in immature skeletal muscle.
Dev Dyn. 2006 Oct 6; [Epub ahead of print]
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Ponik SM, Triplett JW, Pavalko FM.
Osteoblasts and osteocytes respond differently to oscillatory and unidirectional fluid flow profiles.
J Cell Biochem. 2006 Oct 9; [Epub ahead of print]
(HSR&T PIs: J.W. Triplett, NASA Graduate Student Researcher Program; F.M. Pavalko) -
Kluzik J, Peterka RJ, Horak FB.
Adaptation of postural orientation to changes in surface inclination.
Exp Brain Res. 2006 Oct 13; [Epub ahead of print]
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Hurley KM, Gaboyard S, Zhong M, Price SD, Wooltorton JR, Lysakowski A, Eatock RA.
M-like K+ currents in type I hair cells and calyx afferent endings of the developing rat utricle.
J Neurosci. 2006 Oct 4;26(40):10253-69.
(HSR&T PI: S. Gaboyard, NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program) -
Wu H, Hada M, Meador J, Hu X, Rusek A, Cucinotta FA.
Induction of micronuclei in human fibroblasts across the Bragg curve of energetic heavy ions.
Radiat Res. 2006 Oct;166(4):583-9.
(HSR&T PIs: H. Wu, F.A. Cucinotta) -
Rice O, Saintvictor S, Michaelides M, Thanos P, Gatley SJ.
MicroPET investigation of chronic long-term neurotoxicity from heavy ion irradiation.
AAPS J. 2006 Aug 4;8(3):E508-14.
(HSR&T PI: S.J. Gatley)
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This paper can be obtained online without charge; go to the publisher?s site.
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Lynch SV, Mukundakrishnan K, Benoit MR, Ayyaswamy PS, Matin A.
Escherichia coli biofilms formed under low shear modeled microgravity in a ground-based system.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Oct 6; [Epub ahead of print]
(HSR&T PI: A. Matin)
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Used NASA-designed HARV or bioreactor to model microgravity.
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Romano LA, Wray GA.
Endo16 is required for gastrulation in the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus.
Dev Growth Differ. 2006 Oct;48(8):487-97.
(HSR&T PI: G.A. Wray)
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Cheron G, Leroy A, De Saedeleer C, Bengoetxea A, Lipshits M, Cebolla A, Servais L, Dan B, Berthoz A, McIntyre J.
Effect of gravity on human spontaneous 10-Hz electroencephalographic oscillations during the arrest reaction.
Brain Res. 2006 Oct 9; [Epub ahead of print]
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Reports results of three missions to ISS: short-duration Russian-Belgian and Russian-Spanish ?taxi? missions and long-duration Increment 9 mission.
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Pandorf CE, Haddad F, Roy RR, Qin AX, Edgerton VR, Baldwin KM.
Dynamics of myosin heavy chain gene regulation in slow skeletal muscle: Role of natural antisense RNA.
J Biol Chem. 2006 Oct 8; [Epub ahead of print]
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This paper can currently be obtained online without charge.
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Booth FW, Lees S.
Fundamental questions about genes, inactivity, and chronic diseases.
Physiol Genomics. 2006 Oct 10; [Epub ahead of print]
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Paper describes continuous bed rest and microgravity environment of space as examples of physiological adaptations to physical inactivity.
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Hardiman DA, O’Brien FJ, Prendergast PJ, Croke DT, Staines A, Lee TC.
Tracking the changes in unloaded bone: Morphology and gene expression.
Eur J Morphol. 2006 Oct-Dec;42(4-5):208-16. -
Bourdin C, Bock O.
Sensorimotor adaptation to inertial forces in a multi-force environment does not depend on the number of targets: Indirect validation of the altered-proprioception hypothesis.
Neurosci Lett. 2006 Nov 20;408(3):173-7. Epub 2006 Oct 9. -
Nurzia G, Scrimaglio R, Spataro B, Zirilli F.
The use of a syncytium model of the crystalline lens of the eye as a new tool to study the light flashes phenomenon seen by astronauts.
Radiat Environ Biophys. 2006 Oct 10; [Epub ahead of print] -
Willers H, Husson J, Lee LW, Hubbe P, Gazemeier F, Powell SN, Dahm-Daphi J.
Distinct mechanisms of nonhomologous end joining in the repair of site-directed chromosomal breaks with noncomplementary and complementary ends.
Radiat Res. 2006 Oct;166(4):567-74. -
Someya M, Sakata K, Tauchi H, Matsumoto Y, Nakamura A, Komatsu K, Hareyama M.
Association of ionizing radiation-induced foci of NBS1 with chromosomal instability and breast cancer susceptibility.
Radiat Res. 2006 Oct;166(4):575-82. -
Kase Y, Kanai T, Matsumoto Y, Furusawa Y, Okamoto H, Asaba T, Sakama M, Shinoda H.
Microdosimetric measurements and estimation of human cell survival for heavy-ion beams.
Radiat Res. 2006 Oct;166(4):629-38. -
Extended Abstracts. Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop: Microbeam Probes of Cellular Radiation Response.
Radiat Res. 2006 Oct;166(4):652-89.
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Workshop held at Columbia University, New York, New York, March 15-17, 2006.
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Vogel S.
Living in a physical world VIII. Gravity and life in water.
J Biosci. 2006 Sep;31(3):309-22.
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This paper can be obtained online without charge; go to the publisher?s site.
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Ma W, Ali R, Berkowitz GA.
Characterization of plant phenotypes associated with loss-of-function of AtCNGC1, a plant cyclic nucleotide gated cation channel.
Plant Physiol Biochem. 2006 July – September;44(7-9):494-505. Epub 2006 Aug 23.