NASA Spaceline Current Awareness 30 March 2012 (Recent Space Life Science Research Results)
Papers deriving from NASA support:
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Shah A, Harper JD, Cunitz BW, Wang YN, Paun M, Simon JC, Lu W, Kaczkowski PJ, Bailey MR.
Focused ultrasound to expel calculi from the kidney.
J Urol. 2012 Feb;187(2):739-43. Epub 2011 Dec 16.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22177202
(PI: L.A. Crum)
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Stodieck LS, Greybeck BJ, Cannon CM, Hanson AM, Young MH, Simske SJ, Ferguson VL.
In vivo measurement of hindlimb neuromuscular function in mice.
Muscle Nerve. 2012 Apr;45(4):536-43.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22431087
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Lim J, Ebstein R, Tse CY, Monakhov M, Lai PS, Dinges DF, Kwok K.
Dopaminergic polymorphisms associated with time-on-task declines and fatigue in the Psychomotor Vigilance Test.
PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33767. Epub 2012 Mar 16.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22438994
(PI: D.F. Dinges)
NOTE: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Plaut K, Casey T.
Does the circadian system regulate lactation?
Animal. 2012 Mar;6(3):394-402.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22436218
(PI: K. Plaut)
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Wang Y, Wang B, Gilroy S, Chehab EW, Braam J.
CML24 is involved in root mechanoresponses and cortical microtubule orientation in Arabidopsis.
J Plant Growth Regul. 2011 Dec;30(4):467-79.
(PI: S. Gilroy)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00344-011-9209-9
Other papers of interest:
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Yuan M, Coupe M, Bai Y, Gauquelin-Koch G, Jiang S, Aubry P, Wan Y, Custaud MA, Li Y, Arbeille P.
Peripheral arterial and venous response to tilt test after a 60-day bedrest with and without countermeasures (ES-IBREP).
PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32854. Epub 2012 Mar 7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22412933
NOTE: This bed rest study was performed in China. The article may be obtained online without charge.
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Nascimento DC, Neto FR, de Santana FS, da Silva RA, dos Santos-Neto L, Balsamo S.
The interactions between hemostasis and resistance training: A review.
Int J Gen Med. 2012;5:249-54. Epub 2012 Mar 9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22419885
NOTE: The article may be obtained online without charge.
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Sugawara J, Komine H, Miyazawa T, Imai T, Fisher JP, Ogoh S.
Impact of chronic exercise training on the blood pressure response to orthostatic stimulation.
J Appl Physiol. 2012 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22422799
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Jones CD, Loehr L, Franceschini N, Rosamond WD, Chang PP, Shahar E, Couper DJ, Rose KM.
Orthostatic hypotension as a risk factor for incident heart failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
Hypertension. 2012 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22431580
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Iaizzo PA, Laske TG, Harlow HJ, McClay CB, Garshelis DL.
Wound healing during hibernation by black bears (Ursus americanus) in the wild: Elicitation of reduced scar formation.
Integr Zool. 2012 Mar;7(1):48-60.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22405448
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Kim JH, Thompson LV.
Differential effects of mild therapeutic exercise during a period of inactivity on power generation in soleus type I single fibers with age.
J Appl Physiol. 2012 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22422796
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Bienso RS, Ringholm S, Kiilerich K, Aachmann-Andersen NJ, Krogh-Madsen R, Guerra B, Plomgaard P, van Hall G, Treebak JT, Saltin B, Lundby C, Calbet JA, Pilegaard H, Wojtaszewski JF.
GLUT4 and glycogen synthase are key players in bed rest-induced insulin resistance.
Diabetes. 2012 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22403297
NOTE: Bed rest study.
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Mortensen SP, Morkeberg J, Thaning P, Hellsten Y, Saltin B.
Two weeks of muscle immobilization impairs functional sympatholysis, but increases exercise hyperemia and the vasodilatory responsiveness to infused ATP.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2012 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22408019
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Millward DJ.
Nutrition and sarcopenia: Evidence for an interaction.
Proc Nutr Soc. 2012 Mar 19:1-10. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22429879
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Kho ME, Truong AD, Brower RG, Palmer JB, Fan E, Zanni JM, Ciesla ND, Feldman DR, Korupolu R, Needham DM.
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for intensive care unit-acquired weakness: Protocol and methodological implications for a randomized, sham-controlled, phase II trial.
Phys Ther. 2012 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22421734
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de Vilhena E Santos DM, Katzmarzyk PT, Seabra AF, Maia JA.
Genetics of physical activity and physical inactivity in humans.
Behav Genet. 2012 Mar 17. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22426782
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Finni T, Haakana P, Pesola AJ, Pullinen T.
Exercise for fitness does not decrease the muscular inactivity time during normal daily life.
Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2012 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22417280
NOTE: Bummer.
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Bernhardt KA, Beck LA, Lamb JL, Kaufman KR, Amin S, Wuermser LA.
Weight bearing through lower limbs in a standing frame with and without arm support and low-magnitude whole-body vibration in men and women with complete motor paraplegia.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Apr;91(4):300-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22407161
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Trudel G, Coletta E, Cameron I, Belavy DL, Lecompte M, Armbrecht G, Felsenberg D, Uhthoff HK.
Resistive exercises with or without whole-body vibration prevent vertebral marrow fat accumulation during 60 days of head-down tilt bed rest in men.
J Appl Physiol. 2012 Mar 22. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22442031
NOTE: Second Berlin Bed Rest Study.
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Sugiyama T, Meakin LB, Browne WJ, Galea GL, Price JS, Lanyon LE.
Bones’ adaptive response to mechanical loading is essentially linear between the low strains associated with disuse and the high strains associated with the lamellar/woven bone transition.
J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22431329
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Saxon LK, Galea G, Meakin L, Price J, Lanyon LE.
Estrogen receptors and have different gender-dependent effects on the adaptive responses to load bearing in cancellous and cortical bone.
Endocrinology. 2012 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22416084
NOTE: Disuse, obtained through sciatic neurectomy, was part of this study.
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Kaiser J, Lemaire T, Naili S, Sansalone V, Komarova SV.
Do calcium fluxes within cortical bone affect osteocyte mechanosensitivity?
J Theor Biol. 2012 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22420945
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Temiyasathit S, Tang WJ, Leucht P, Anderson CT, Monica SD, Castillo AB, Helms JA, Stearns T, Jacobs CR.
Mechanosensing by the primary cilium: Deletion of Kif3A reduces bone formation due to loading.
PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33368. Epub 2012 Mar 12.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22428034
NOTE: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Kwon RY, Meays DR, Meilan AS, Jones J, Miramontes R, Kardos N, Yeh JC, Frangos JA.
Skeletal adaptation to intramedullary pressure-induced interstitial fluid flow is enhanced in mice subjected to targeted osteocyte ablation.
PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33336. Epub 2012 Mar 7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22413015
NOTE: This article may be obtained online without charge.
20
Pierroz DD, Bonnet N, Bianchi EN, Bouxsein ML, Baldock PA, Rizzoli R, Ferrari SL.
Deletion of -adrenergic receptor 1, 2 or both leads to different bone phenotypes and response to mechanical stimulation.
J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22407956
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Hamamura K, Swarnkar G, Tanjung N, Cho E, Li J, Na S, Yokota H.
RhoA-mediated signaling in mechanotransduction of osteoblasts.
Connect Tissue Res. 2012 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22420753
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Olsen BB, Wang SY, Svenstrup TH, Chen BP, Guerra B.
Protein kinase CK2 localizes to sites of DNA double-strand break regulating the cellular response to DNA damage.
BMC Mol Biol. 2012 Mar 9;13:7. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22404984
NOTE: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Sciutti A, Demougeot L, Berret B, Toma S, Sandini G, Papaxanthis C, Pozzo T.
Visual gravity influences arm movement planning.
J Neurophysiol. 2012 Mar 21. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22442569
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Tarnutzer AA, Bockisch CJ, Olasagasti I, Strauman D.
Egocentric and allocentric alignment tasks are affected by otolith input.
J Neurophysiol. 2012 Mar 21. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22442575
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Clark R, Demer JL.
Differential lateral rectus compartmental contraction during ocular counter-rolling.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Mar 16. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427572
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Luyat M, Noel M, Thery V, Gentaz E.
Gender and line size factors modulate the deviations of the subjective visual vertical induced by head tilt.
BMC Neurosci. 2012 Mar 15;13:28. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22420467
NOTE: This article may be obtained online without charge.
27
Funke GJ, Knott BA, Salas E, Pavlas D, Strang AJ.
Conceptualization and measurement of team workload: A critical need.
Hum Factors. 2012 Feb;54(1):36-51.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22409101
NOTE: This article may be obtained online without charge: http://hfs.sagepub.com/content/54/1/36.full.pdf+html
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Wildman JL, Thayer AL, Pavlas D, Salas E, Stewart JE, Howse WR.
Team knowledge research: Emerging trends and critical needs.
Hum Factors. 2012 Feb;54(1):84-111.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22409105
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Urdy S.
On the evolution of morphogenetic models: Mechano-chemical interactions and an integrated view of cell differentiation, growth, pattern formation and morphogenesis.
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2012 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22429266
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Razinia Z, Maekelae T, Ylaenne J, Calderwood DA.
Filamins in mechanosensing and signaling.
Annu Rev Biophys. 2012 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22404683
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Huveneers S, Oldenburg J, Spanjaard E, van der Krogt G, Grigoriev I, Akhmanova A, Rehmann H, de Rooij J.
Vinculin associates with endothelial VE-cadherin junctions to control force-dependent remodeling.
J Cell Biol. 2012 Mar 5;196(5):641-52.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22391038
NOTE: This article is featured on the cover of the journal (nice picture): http://jcb.rupress.org/content/196/5.cover-expansion
and is described in an “In This Issue” piece: http://jcb.rupress.org/content/196/5/548.2.full
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Bialecka-Fornal M, Lee HJ, DeBerg HA, Gandhi CS, Phillips R.
Single-cell census of mechanosensitive channels in living bacteria.
PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33077. Epub 2012 Mar 13.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427953
NOTE: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Manzano AI, van Loon JJ, Christianen PC, Gonzalez-Rubio JM, Medina FJ, Herranz R.
Gravitational and magnetic field variations synergize to cause subtle variations in the global transcriptional state of Arabidopsis in vitro callus cultures.
BMC Genomics. 2012 Mar 21;13:105. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22435851
NOTE: This article may be obtained online without charge.
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Zou N, Li B, Dong G, Kronzucker HJ, Shi W.
Ammonium-induced loss of root gravitropism is related to auxin distribution and TRH1 function, and is uncoupled from the inhibition of root elongation in Arabidopsis.
J Exp Bot. 2012 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22407650
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Whitford R, Fernandez A, Tejos R, Perez AC, Kleine-Vehn J, Vanneste S, Drozdzecki A, Leitner J, Abas L, Aerts M, Hoogewijs K, Baster P, De Groodt R, Lin YC, Storme V, Van de Peer Y, Beeckman T, Madder A, Devreese B, Luschnig C, Friml J, Hilson P.
GOLVEN secretory peptides regulate auxin carrier turnover during plant gravitropic responses.
Dev Cell. 2012 Mar 13;22(3):678-85.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22421050
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Vinterhalter D, Vinterhalter B, Orbovi V.
Photo- and gravitropic bending of potato plantlets obtained in vitro from single-node explants.
J Plant Growth Regul. 2011 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00344-012-9266-8
NOTE: The following papers, which appear in one issue of Fiziologiya Cheloveka and which are then fully translated in an issue of the journal Human Physiology, are reprinted from earlier issues of the journal Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina. They appeared in previous Current Awareness lists under the Aviakosmicheskaia journal. Duplicate articles are not entered in these lists; however, since this is an opportunity for those with free access to Springer journals to obtain translations of papers otherwise not available, they are listed below. 18 of 29 articles are listed here; the full table of contents can be viewed at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/0362-1197/37/7/
Oganov VS, Bogomolov VV.
The human skeletal system in weightlessness: A review of research data, hypotheses, and the possibility of predicting the state in long-term (Interplanetary) missions.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):768-76.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070243
NOTE: Mir, ISS results. This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Jan-Feb;43(1):3-12.
Sychev VN, Levinskikh MA, Gurieva TS, Podolsky IG.
Biological life support systems for space crews: Some results and prospects.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):784-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070292
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2008 Nov-Dec;42(6):92-7.
Kondrachuk AV, Shipov AA, Astakhova TG, Boyle RD.
Current trends in mathematical simulation of the function of semicircular canals.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):802-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070164
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Mar-Apr;43(2):3-10.
Kotovskaya AR, Vil’-Vil’yams IF.
Characteristics of physiological responses to +Gx loads in non-professional crew members of short-term missions to the ISS.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):810-5.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070176
NOTE: ISS, Mir results. This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2007 May-Jun;41(3):7-12.
Baevsky RM, Bogomolov VV, Funtova II, Slepchenkova IN, Chernikova AG.
Prospects of medical monitoring of long-duration space flights by means of non-contact recording of physiological functions during sleep time.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):816-20.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S036211971107005X
NOTE: ISS results. This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Nov-Dec;43(6):3-8.
Noskov VB, Nichiporuk IA, Grigoriev AI.
Dynamics of the body liquids and composition in long-duration space flight (Bioimpedance Analysis).
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):821-5.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070231
NOTE: ISS results. This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2007 May-Jun;41(3):3-7.
Nichiporuk IA.
Analysis of interdependence of temperament, neuroendocrine control and psychophysiological state during dry immersion.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):826-31.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S036211971107022X
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2008 Sep-Oct;42(5):65-70.
Ivanova SM, Morukov BV, Maksimov GV, Bryzgalova NY, Labetskaya OI, Yarlykova YV, Levina AA.
Morphofunctional properties of red blood cells in humans during seven-day “Dry” immersion.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):836-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070152
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Jan-Feb;43(1):43-7.
Berendeeva TA, Rykova MP, Antropova EN, Larina IM, Morukov BV.
State of the immune system after seven-day “dry” immersion in human.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):840-5.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070073
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Sep-Oct;43(5):36-42.
Kuzichkin DS, Baranov MV, Kovalev AS, Repenkova LG, Morukov BV, Markin AA.
Effect of dehydratation and blood substitute infusion on the hemostasis system in a 21-hour bed rest experiment.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):846-50.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070188
NOTE: Bed rest experiment. This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Nov-Dec;43(6):19-23.
Panfilov VE, Gurfinkel VS.
The temporal pattern of walking on various exercise devices at the terrestrial and simulated lunar gravities.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):851-4.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070255
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Sep-Oct;43(5):54-7.
Meigal AY, Voroshilov AS.
Perinatal model of human transition from hypogravity to Earth’s gravity based on nonlinear electromyogram characteristics.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):855-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070218
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Nov-Dec;43(6):14-8.
Gershovich YG, Buravkova LB.
Effects of microgravity simulation on the production of interleukins in culture of human mesenchymal stromal cells.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):860-5.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070139
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 May-Jun;43(3):44-50.
Barer AS.
Human visual and auditory analyzers under the conditions of acceleration: Comparative analysis of the development of disturbances.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):866-74.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070061
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Jul-Aug;43(4):3-12.
Larina IM, Noskov VB, Nichiporuk IA, Pastushkova LK, Vasil’eva GY.
Influence of Desmopressin on water-salt homeostasis and the orthostatic tolerance during head-down tilting.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):875-8.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070206
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Jan-Feb;43(1):68-72.
Eskov KN.
Evaluation of the efficiency of interpersonal interactions in a long-term isolation experiment.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):879-82.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070115
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2007 Jul-Aug;41(4):30-3.
Kuznetsova EP, Stepanova SI.
Evaluation of the operator’s performance by means of the manometers test using the Neurolab-2000M hardware and software system.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):913-5.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S036211971107019X
NOTE: This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Sep-Oct;43(5):63-5..
Egorov AD, Stepantsov VI, Nosovskii AM, Shipov AA.
Cluster analysis in the fitness evaluation of cosmonauts during long-term missions on board the International Space Station.
Hum Physiol. 2011 Dec;37(7):922-3.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711070103
NOTE: ISS results. This is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina 2009 Sep-Oct;43(5):66-67.