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Harber MP, Dickinson JM, Crane JD, Trappe SW, Trappe TA. Influence of tracer selection on protein synthesis rates at rest and postexercise in multiple human muscles. Metabolism. 2010 Sep 6. [Epub ahead of print] (PI: T.A. Trappe/S.W. Trappe)

Cook JS, Ray CA. Melatonin attenuates the vestibulosympathetic but not vestibulocollic reflexes in humans: Selective impairment of the utricles. J Appl Physiol. 2010 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Acharya MM, Lan ML, Kan VH, Patel NH, Giedzinski E, Tseng BP, Limoli CL. Consequences of ionizing radiation-induced damage in human neural stem cells. Free Radic Biol Med. 2010 Sep 6. [Epub ahead of print] (PI: C.L. Limoli)

Zhu Y, Yu X, Fu H, Wang H, Wang P, Zheng X, Wang Y. MicroRNA-21 is involved in ionizing radiation-promoted liver carcinogenesis. Int J Clin Exp Med. 2010 Jul 31;3(3):211-22. (PI: Y. Wang) Note: This article may be obtained online without charge via PubMed Central.

Jung CM, Ronda JM, Czeisler CA, Wright Jr KP. Comparison of sustained attention assessed by auditory and visual psychomotor vigilance tasks prior to and during sleep deprivation. J Sleep Res. 2010 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print] (PI: C.A. Czeisler)

Banks S, Van Dongen HP, Maislin G, Dinges DF. Neurobehavioral dynamics following chronic sleep restriction: Dose-response effects of one night for recovery. Sleep. 2010 Aug 1;33(8):1013-26. (PI: D.F. Dinges)

Kanas N, Saylor S, Harris M, Neylan T, Boyd J, Weiss DS, Baskin P, Cook C, Marmar C. High versus low crewmember autonomy in space simulation environments. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Oct-Nov;67(7-8):731-8. (PI: N. Kanas)

Tanaka K, Gilroy S, Jones AM, Stacey G. Extracellular ATP signaling in plants. Trends Cell Biol. 2010 Sep 2. [Epub ahead of print] (PI: S. Gilroy)

Doarn CR, Nicogossian AE, Grigoriev AI, Tverskaya G, Orlov OI, Ilyin EA, Souza KA. A summary of activities of the US/Soviet-Russian joint working group on space biology and medicine. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Oct-Nov;67(7-8):649-58.

Moore SK, Gast MA. 21st Century extravehicular activities: Synergizing past and present training methods for future spacewalking success. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Oct-Nov;67(7-8):739-52.

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Wu B, Liu Y, Sun H, Zhao D, Wang Y, Wu P, Ni C. Effects of leg strength and bicycle ergometry exercise on cardiovascular deconditioning after 30-day head-down bed rest. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Oct-Nov;67(7-8):713-20.

Zamir M, Goswami R, Liu L, Salmanpour A, Shoemaker JK. Myogenic activity in autoregulation during low frequency oscillations. Auton Neurosci. 2010 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Rocchiccioli S, Congiu E, Boccardi C, Citti L, Callipo L, Lagana A, Capobianco E. A proteomic study of microgravity cardiac effects: Feature maps of label-free LC-MALDI data for differential expression analysis. Mol Biosyst. 2010 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print]

Ogneva IV. The transversal stiffness of fibers and the desmin content in the leg muscles of rats under gravitational unloading of various duration. J Appl Physiol. 2010 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Glover EI, Phillips SM. Resistance exercise and appropriate nutrition to counteract muscle wasting and promote muscle hypertrophy. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2010 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Matsuse H, Nago T, Takano Y, Shiba N. Plasma growth hormone is elevated immediately after resistance exercise with electrical stimulation and voluntary muscle contraction. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2010;222(1):69-75. Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Stevens-Lapsley JE, Ye F, Liu M, Borst SE, Conover CF, Yarasheski KE, Walter GA, Sweeney HL, Vandenborne K. Impact of viral mediated IGF-I gene transfer on skeletal muscle following cast immobilization. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Aug 24. [Epub ahead of print]

Leong DJ, Li YH, Gu XI, Sun L, Zhou Z, Nasser P, Laudier DM, Iqbal J, Majeska RJ, Schaffler MB, Goldring MB, Cardoso L, Zaidi M, Sun HB. Physiological loading of joints prevents cartilage degradation through CITED2. FASEB J. 2010 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Yuge L, Sasaki A, Kawahara Y, Wu S, Matsumoto M, Manabe T, Kajiume T, Takeda M, Magaki T, Takahashi T, Kurisu K, Matsumoto M. Simulated microgravity maintains the undifferentiated state and enhances the neural repair potential of bone marrow stromal cells. Stem Cells Dev. 2010 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Chan ME, Lu XL, Huo B, Baik AD, Chiang V, Guldberg RE, Lu HH, Guo XE. A trabecular bone explant model of osteocyte-osteoblast co-culture for bone mechanobiology. Cell Mol Bioeng. 2009 Sep 1;2(3):405-15. Note: This article may be obtained online without charge via PubMed Central.

Oury F, Karsenty G. [Serotonin, two faces of a unique molecule in the regulation of bone mass] Med Sci (Paris). 2010 Aug-Sep;26(8-9):713-8. French. Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Bliziotes M. Update in serotonin and bone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Sep;95(9):4124-32.

Cleveland ZI, Cofer GP, Metz G, Beaver D, Nouls J, Kaushik SS, Kraft M, Wolber J, Kelly KT, McAdams HP, Driehuys B. Hyperpolarized 129Xe MR imaging of alveolar gas uptake in humans. PLoS One. 2010 Aug 16;5(8). pii: e12192. Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Mo W, Chen F, Nechiporuk A, Nicolson T. Quantification of vestibular-induced eye movements in zebrafish larvae. BMC Neurosci. 2010 Sep 3;11:110. [Epub ahead of print] Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Honaker JA, Shepard NT. Age effect on the Gaze Stabilization test. J Vestib Res. 2010 Jan 1;20(5):357-62.

Ward BK, Mohammad MT, Whitney SL, Marchetti GF, Furman JM. The reliability, stability, and concurrent validity of a test of gaze stabilization. J Vestib Res. 2010 Jan 1;20(5):363-72.

Geisinger D, Ferreira E, Suarez A, Suarez H. Head tilt response: A complementary test to the Subjective Visual Vertical. J Vestib Res. 2010 Jan 1;20(5):381-9.

Herranz R, Benguria A, Lavan DA, Lopez-Vidriero I, Gasset G, Javier Medina F, van Loon JJ, Marco R. Spaceflight-related suboptimal conditions can accentuate the altered gravity response of Drosophila transcriptome. Mol Ecol. 2010 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print] Note: ISS results.

Tummala P, Arnsdorf EJ, Jacobs CR. The role of primary cilia in mesenchymal stem cell differentiation: A pivotal switch in guiding lineage commitment. Cell Mol Bioeng. 2010 Sep 1;3(3):207-12.

Kung C, Martinac B, Sukharev S. Mechanosensitive channels in microbes. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2010 Oct 13;64:313-29.

Murtazin RF, Budylov SG. Short rendezvous missions for advanced Russian human spacecraft. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Oct-Nov;67(7-8):900-9.

Kalery AY, Sorokin IV, Tyurin MV. Human space exploration beyond the International Space Station: Role of relations of human, machine and the “Earth.” Acta Astronaut. 2010 Oct-Nov;67(7-8):925-33.

Lee JH, Kim YK, Yi SY, Kim KS, Kang SW, Choi GH, Sim ES. An overview of Korean astronaut’s space experiments. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Oct-Nov;67(7-8):934-41. Note: ISS results.

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Stenger MB, Brown AK, Lee SM, Locke JP, Platts SH. Gradient compression garments as a countermeasure to post-spaceflight orthostatic intolerance. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2010 Sep;81(9):883-7. Note: Shuttle results.

Kaderka J, Young LR, Paloski WH. A critical benefit analysis of artificial gravity as a microgravity countermeasure. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Nov-Dec;67(9-10):1090-102. (PI: L.R. Young)

Hatanpaa KJ, Burma S, Zhao D, Habib AA. Epidermal growth factor receptor in glioma: Signal transduction, neuropathology, imaging, and radioresistance. Neoplasia. 2010 Sep;12(9):675-84. (PI: S. Burma) Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Bailey SM, Williams ES, Cornforth MN, Goodwin EH. Chromosome Orientation fluorescence in situ hybridization or strand-specific FISH. Methods Mol Biol. 2010;659:173-83. (PI: S.M. Bailey)

Bock O, Weigelt C, Bloomberg JJ. Cognitive demand of human sensorimotor performance during an extended space mission: A dual-task study. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2010 Sep;81(9):819-24. Note: ISS results.

Roche L, Kurt C, Ahrens S. An avatar approach to distributed team training for mission operations. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Nov-Dec;67(9-10):1164-9.

Moore CL. Technology development for human exploration of Mars. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Nov-Dec;67(9-10):1170-5.

Fong T, Abercromby A, Bualat MG, Deans MC, Hodges KV, Hurtado JM Jr, Landis R, Lee P, Schreckenghost D. Assessment of robotic recon for human exploration of the Moon. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Nov-Dec;67(9-10):1176-88.

Pal DK, Li W, Clarke T, Lieberman P, Strug LJ. Pleiotropic effects of the 11p13 locus on developmental verbal dyspraxia and EEG centrotemporal sharp waves. Genes Brain Behav. 2010 Sep 4. [Epub ahead of print] (PI: P. Lieberman)

Other papers of interest:

Kozakova M, Malshi E, Morizzo C, Pedri S, Santini F, Biolo G, Pagani M, Palombo C. Impact of prolonged cardiac unloading on left ventricular mass and longitudinal myocardial performance: An experimental bed rest study in humans. J Hypertens. 2010 Sep 14. [Epub ahead of print] Note: Italy/Slovenia bed rest study.

Abe C, Tanaka K, Iwata C, Morita H. Vestibular-mediated increase in central serotonin plays an important role in hypergravity-induced hypophagia in rats. J Appl Physiol. 2010 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Privett SE, George KP, Whyte GP, Cable NT. The effectiveness of compression garments and lower limb exercise on post-exercise blood pressure regulation in orthostatically intolerant athletes. Clin J Sport Med. 2010 Sep;20(5):362-7.

Hager P, Czupalla M, Walter U. A dynamic human water and electrolyte balance model for verification and optimization of life support systems in space flight applications. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Nov-Dec;67(9-10):1003-24.

Zhang Y, Sang C, Paulsen K, Arenz A, Zhao Z, Jia X, Ullrich O, Zhuang F. ICAM-1 expression and organization in human endothelial cells is sensitive to gravity. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Nov-Dec;67(9-10):1073-80. Note: Includes parabolic flight results.

Paulsen K, Thiel C, Timm J, Schmidt PM, Huber K, Tauber S, Hemmersbach R, Seibt D, Kroll H, Grote KH, Zipp F, Schneider-Stock R, Cogoli A, Hilliger A, Engelmann F, Ullrich O. Microgravity-induced alterations in signal transduction in cells of the immune system. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Nov-Dec;67(9-10):1116-25. Note: Includes parabolic flight results.

Caruso JF, Coday MA, Taylor ST, Mason ML, Lutz BM, Ford JL, Kraemer WJ. Prediction of resultant testosterone concentrations from flywheel-based resistive exercise. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2010 Sep;81(9):825-32.

Ertunc M, Atalay A, Yildirim M, Onur R. Exercise and suspension hypokinesia-induced alterations in mechanical properties of rat fast and slow-twitch skeletal muscles. Acta Physiol Hung. 2010 Sep;97(3):316-25.

Levine S, Biswas C, Dierov J, Barsotti R, Shrager JB, Nguyen T, Sonnad S, Kucharchzuk JC, Kaiser LR, Singhal S, Budak MT. Increased proteolysis, myosin depletion and atrophic AKT-FOXO signaling in human diaphragm disuse. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Walrand S. Ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate: Could it be a new therapeutic option for sarcopenia? J Nutr Health Aging. 2010;14(7):570-7.

Kupisiewicz K, Boissy P, Abdallah BM, Hansen FD, Erben RG, Savouret JF, Soe K, Andersen TL, Plesner T, Delaisse JM. Potential of resveratrol analogues as antagonists of osteoclasts and promoters of osteoblasts. Calcif Tissue Int. 2010 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print] Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Kock LM, Ravetto A, van Donkelaar CC, Foolen J, Emans PJ, Ito K. Tuning the differentiation of periosteum-derived cartilage using biochemical and mechanical stimulations. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2010 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Srinivasan S, Ausk BJ, Prasad J, Threet D, Bain SD, Richardson TS, Gross TS. Rescuing loading induced bone formation at senescence. PLoS Comput Biol. 2010 Sep 9;6(9). pii: e1000924. Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Lyritis GP, Georgoulas T, Zafeiris CP. Bone anabolic versus bone anticatabolic treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010 Sep;1205(1):277-83.

Sato T, Endo A, Sihver L, Niita K. Dose estimation for astronauts using dose conversion coefficients calculated with the PHITS code and the ICRP/ICRU adult reference computational phantoms. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2010 Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print] Note: Dose calculations were compared with Shuttle and ISS results.

Baskar R. Emerging role of radiation induced bystander effects: Cell communications and carcinogenesis. Genome Integr. 2010 Sep 12;1:13. [Epub ahead of print] Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Bannova O, Bell L. Radiation shielding design strategies for lunar minimal functionality habitability element. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Nov-Dec;67(9-10):1103-9.

Chabeauti PY, Vaugoyeau M, Assaiante C. Is vertical postural orientation in weightlessness correlated with the subjects’ perceptual typology? Gait Posture. 2010 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print] Note: Parabolic flight results.

Brcic J. Motivational profile of astronauts at the International Space Station. Acta Astronaut. 2010 Nov-Dec;67(9-10):1110-5. Note: ISS results (data sources were publicly available materials).

McClelland LE, Pilcher JJ, Moore DD. Oculomotor measures as predictors of performance during sleep deprivation. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2010 Sep;81(9):833-42.

Byrne AJ, Oliver M, Bodger O, Barnett WA, Williams D, Jones H, Murphy A. Novel method of measuring the mental workload of anaesthetists during clinical practice. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Arnsdorf EJ, Tummala P, Castillo AB, Zhang F, Jacobs CR. The epigenetic mechanism of mechanically induced osteogenic differentiation. J Biomech. 2010 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Shi ZD, Abraham G, Tarbell JM. Shear stress modulation of smooth muscle cell marker genes in 2-D and 3-D depends on mechanotransduction by heparan sulfate proteoglycans and ERK1/2. PLoS One. 2010 Aug 16;5(8). pii: e12196. Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Li Y, Dai X, Cheng Y, Zhao Y. NPY genes play an essential role in root gravitropic responses in Arabidopsis. Mol Plant. 2010 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Baskin TI, Peret B, Baluka F, Benfey PN, Bennett M, Forde BG, Gilroy S, Helariutta Y, Hepler PK, Leyser O, Masson PH, Muday GK, Murphy AS, Poethig S, Rahman A, Roberts K, Scheres B, Sharp RE, Somerville C. Shootward and rootward: Peak terminology for plant polarity. Trends Plant Sci. 2010 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print] Note: The authors propose now using the terms “shootward” and “rootward” to designate plant polarity, that is, towards the shoot apex and root apex, respectively. These terms would replace the terms “apical/acropetal” and “basal/basipetal”, whose usage was organ dependent and could be confusing, depending on whether anatomical or cellular usage was being referred to.