NASA Spaceline 2 September 2005 Current Space Life Science Awareness
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Prisk GK, Fine JM, Cooper TK, West JB.
Pulmonary gas exchange is not impaired 24-hours following extra-vehicular activity.
J Appl Physiol. 2005 Aug 25; [Epub ahead of print]
(HSR&T PIs: G.K. Prisk, J.B. West)
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ISS results.
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Webb JT, Beckstrand DP, Pilmanis AA, Balldin UI.
Decompression sickness during simulated extravehicular activity: ambulation vs. non-ambulation.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2005 Aug;76(8):778-81.
(HSR&T PI: A.A. Pilmanis)
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Peters BT, Bloomberg JJ.
Dynamic visual acuity using “far” and “near” targets.
Acta Otolaryngol. 2005 Apr;125(4):353-7.
(HSR&T PI: J.J. Bloomberg)
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Mulavara AP, Richards JT, Ruttley T, Marshburn A, Nomura Y, Bloomberg JJ.
Exposure to a rotating virtual environment during treadmill locomotion causes adaptation in heading direction.
Exp Brain Res. 2005 Jul 21; [Epub ahead of print]
(HSR&T PI: J.J. Bloomberg)
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Monk TH.
Aging human circadian rhythms: conventional wisdom may not always be right.
J Biol Rhythms. 2005 Aug;20(4):366-74.
(HSR&T PI: T.H. Monk)
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Ingber DE.
Mechanical control of tissue growth: Function follows form.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Aug 16;102(33):11571-2. Epub 2005 Aug 9.
(HSR&T PI: D.E. Ingber)
Note:
This short paper comments on another paper in this issue of PNAS.
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Perera IY, Davis AJ, Galanopoulou D, Im YJ, Boss WF.
Characterization and comparative analysis of Arabidopsis phosphatidylinositol phosphate 5-kinase 10 reveals differences in Arabidopsis and human phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinases.
FEBS Lett. 2005 Jun 20;579(16):3427-32.
(HSR&T PI: I.Y. Perera)
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Yoon Y, Lueptow RM.
Removal of organic contaminants by RO and NF membranes.
J Memb Sci. 2005 Sep 15:261(1-2):76-86.
(HSR&T PI: R.M. Lueptow)
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Ahsan T, Harwood F, McGowan KB, Amiel D, Sah RL.
Kinetics of collagen crosslinking in adult bovine articular cartilage.
Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2005 Aug;13(8):709-15.
(HSR&T PI: R.L. Sah)
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Chia SH, Homicz MR, Schumacher BL, Thonar EJ, Masuda K, Sah RL, Watson D.
Characterization of human nasal septal chondrocytes cultured in alginate.
J Am Coll Surg. 2005 May;200(5):691-704.
(HSR&T PI: R.L. Sah)
Other papers of interest:
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Taylor PW, Sommer AP.
Towards rational treatment of bacterial infections during extended space travel.
Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2005 Aug 20; [Epub ahead of print]
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Cormery B, Beaumont E, Csukly K, Gardiner P.
Hindlimb unweighting for two weeks alters physiological properties of rat hindlimb motoneurones.
J Physiol. 2005 Aug 25; [Epub ahead of print]
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Calderon AJ, Fowlkes JB, Bull JL.
Bubble splitting in bifurcating tubes: a model study of cardiovascular gas emboli transport.
J Appl Physiol. 2005 Aug;99(2):479-87. Epub 2005 Mar 24.
Note:
From text of paper: “The work presented here elucidates the relative effects of flow and gravity on bubble splitting in a single bifurcation.”
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Mounier Y, Montel V, Picquet F, Stevens L, Bastide B, Falempin M.
Dual effect of deafferentation on contractile characteristics and sarcoplasmic reticulum properties in rat soleus fibers.
J Appl Physiol. 2005 Aug;99(2):542-8. Epub 2005 Mar 24.
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Jee WS, Tian XY.
he benefit of combining non-mechanical agents with mechanical loading: a perspective based on the Utah Paradigm of Skeletal Physiology.
J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. 2005 Jun;5(2):110-8.
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O’brien FJ, Hardiman DA, Hazenberg JG, Mercy MV, Mohsin S, Taylor D, Lee TC.
The behaviour of microcracks in compact bone.
Eur J Morphol. 2005 Feb-Apr;42(1-2):71-9.
Note:
One of the studies reported in this paper utilized hindlimb unloading.
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Galli C, Guizzardi S, Passeri G, Macaluso GM, Scandroglio R.
Life on the wire: on tensegrity and force balance in cells.
Acta Biomed Ateneo Parmense. 2005 Apr;76(1):5-12.
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Tribukait A, Eiken O.
Perception of the head transversal plane and the subjective horizontal during gondola centrifugation.
Percept Psychophys. 2005 Apr;67(3):369-82.
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Sekerkova G, Ilijic E, Mugnaini E, Baker JF.
Otolith organ or semicircular canal stimulation induces c-fos expression in unipolar brush cells and granule cells of cat and squirrel monkey.
Exp Brain Res. 2005 Jul;164(3):286-300. Epub 2005 Jun 7.
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Aw ST, Todd MJ, Aw GE, McGarvie LA, Halmagyi GM.
Benign positional nystagmus: a study of its three-dimensional spatio-temporal characteristics.
Neurology. 2005 Jun 14;64(11):1897-905.
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Jung CK, Chung S, Lee YY, Hwang SH, Kang CS, Lee KY.
Monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells increases with hind-limb unloading in rats.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2005 Aug;76(8):720-5.
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Sagawa S, Yamauchi K, Tsutsui Y, Endo Y, Shiraki K.
AVP response to LBNP is attenuated in a hyperbaric environment.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2005 Aug;76(8):739-43.
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Gupta VK.
Vasopressin: neurohumoral link between nausea and motion sickness.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2005 Aug;76(8):805; author reply 805-6.
Note:
This letter comments on a paper by Serrador, Schlegel, Black, and Wood published in the February issue of this journal. Serrador and Wood replied.
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Rayman R.
Space life sciences budget crisis.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2005 Aug;76(8):809.