Spaceline/NASA Space Life Science Current Awareness – 24 August 2001

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Vajda EG, Wronski TJ, Halloran BP, Bachus KN, Miller SC.
Spaceflight alters bone mechanics and modeling drifts in growing rats.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2001 Aug;72(8):720-6.
(PIs: T.J. Wronski and B.P. Halloran)

2
Koscheyev VS, Leon GR, Trevino RC.
Efficacy of wrist/palm warming as an EVA countermeasure to maintain finger
comfort in cold conditions.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2001 Aug;72(8):713-9.
(PI: V.S. Koscheyev)

3
Stein TP, Wade CE.
The catecholamine response to spaceflight: role of diet and gender.
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Sep;281(3):E500-6.
(PIs: T.P. Stein and C.E. Wade)

4
Kanas N, Salnitskiy V, Grund EM, Weiss DS, Gushin V, Kozerenko O, Sled A, Marmar CR.
Human interactions during Shuttle/Mir space missions.
Acta Astronaut. 2001 Mar-Jun;48(5-12):777-84.
(PI: N. Kanas)

5
Hasenstein KH.
The cytoskeleton: problems, paradigms, and prospects.
J Plant Growth Regulat. 2000 Dec;19(4):369-70.
(PI: K.H. Hasenstein)
Note: Introduction to special issue on understanding the cytoskeleton and its mechanisms.

6
Zhang N, Hasenstein KH.
Halogenated auxins affect microtubules and root elongation in Lactuca sativa.
J Plant Growth Regulat. 2000 Dec;19(4):397-405.
(PI: K.H. Hasenstein)

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Muday GK.
Maintenance of asymmetric cellular localization of an auxin transport protein through interaction with the actin cytoskeleton.
J Plant Growth Regulat. 2000 Dec;19(4):385-96.
(PI: G.K. Muday)

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Blee K, Choi JW, O’Connell AP, Jupe SC, Schuch W, Lewis NG, Bolwell GP.
Antisense and sense expression of cDNA coding for CYP73A15, a class II cinnamate
4-hydroxylase, leads to a delayed and reduced production of lignin in tobacco.
Phytochemistry. 2001 Aug;57(7):1159-66.
(PI: N.G. Lewis)

9
Burlat V, Kwon M, Davin LB, Lewis NG.
Dirigent proteins and dirigent sites in lignifying tissues.
Phytochemistry. 2001 Jul;57(6):883-97.
(PI: N.G. Lewis)

10
Ong KG, Wang J, Singh RS, Bachas LG, Grimes CA.
Monitoring of bacteria growth using a wireless, remote query resonant-circuit
sensor: application to environmental sensing.
Biosens Bioelectron. 2001 Jun;16(4-5):305-12.
(PIs: L.G. Bachas / S. Daunert)

11
Salins LL, Ware RA, Ensor CM, Daunert S.
A novel reagentless sensing system for measuring glucose based on the
galactose/glucose-binding protein.
Anal Biochem. 2001 Jul 1;294(1):19-26.
(PI: S. Daunert)

12
Creem SH, Wraga M, Proffitt DR.
Imagining physically impossible self-rotations: geometry is more important than gravity.
Cognition. 2001 Aug;81(1):41-64.
(PI: M.K. Kaiser)

13
Rubin CT, Sommerfeldt DW, Judex S, Qin Y.
Inhibition of osteopenia by low magnitude, high-frequency mechanical stimuli.
Drug Discov Today. 2001 Aug 15;6(16):848-58.
(PI: C.T. Rubin)

14
Pornprasertsuk S, Ludlow JB, Webber RL, Tyndall DA, Yamauchi M.
Analysis of fractal dimensions of rat bones from film and digital images.
Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2001 May;30(3):179-83.
(PI: M. Yamauchi)

15
Carson RP, Appalsamy M, Diedrich A, Davis TL, Robertson D.
Animal model of neuropathic tachycardia syndrome.
Hypertension. 2001 Jun;37(6):1357-61.
(PI: D. Robertson)

16
Limoli CL, Kaplan MI, Giedzinski E, Morgan WF.
Attenuation of radiation-induced genomic instability by free radical scavengers
and cellular proliferation.
Free Radic Biol Med. 2001 Jul 1;31(1):10-9.

17
Liu C, Zhang LF, Yu ZB, Ni HY.
[Heat stress-induced HSP70 expression in heart and vessels of simulated
weightless rats].
Sheng Li Xue Bao. 2001 Apr;53(2):123-7. Chinese.

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Mumenthaler MS, O’Hara R, Taylor JL, Friedman L, Yesavage JA.
Relationship between variations in estradiol and progesterone levels across the
menstrual cycle and human performance.
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2001 May;155(2):198-203.
Note: Flight simulation study.

19
Cho K.
Chronic ‘jet lag’ produces temporal lobe atrophy and spatial cognitive deficits.
Nat Neurosci. 2001 Jun;4(6):567-8.

20
Pereira CB, Strupp M, Holzleitner T, Brandt T.
Smoking and balance: correlation of nicotine-induced nystagmus and postural body
sway.
Neuroreport. 2001 May 8;12(6):1223-6.

21
Sassa N, Matsushita Y, Nakamura T, Nyunoya H.
The molecular characterization and in situ expression pattern of pea SCARECROW
gene.
Plant Cell Physiol. 2001 Apr;42(4):385-94.
Note: The SCARECROW gene is thought to be involved in shoot gravitropism.

22
Charles A, Allimann F, Ragot P.
Diving and cognitive performance: the selective impairment of control processes.
Adv Psychol Res. 2001;2:185-92.

23
Cheung B, Bateman WA.
G-transition effects and their implications.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2001 Aug;72(8):758-62.

24
Nomura J, Arase Y, Sugita T, Sugaya S, Takahashi S, Kita K, Yamamori H,
Sekiya S, Suzuki N.
Increased and decreased expression of CD69 and CD23, respectively, in
gravity-stressed lymphocytes.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2001 Aug;72(8):727-32.

25
Cirovic S, Walsh C, Fraser WD.
A mechanical model of cerebral circulation during sustained acceleration.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2001 Aug;72(8):704-12.

26
Carpio L, Gladu J, Goltzman D, Rabbani SA.
Induction of osteoblast differentiation indexes by PTHrP in MG-63 cells involves
multiple signaling pathways.
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Sep;281(3):E489-99.

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Abramov IP, Pozdnyakov SS, Severin GI, Stoklitsky AY.
Main problems of the Russian Orlan-M space suit utilization for EVAs on the ISS.
Acta Astronaut. 2001 Mar-Jun;48(5-12):265-73.

28
Bluem V, Paris F.
Aquatic modules for bioregenerative life support systems based on the C.E.B.A.S. biotechnology.
Acta Astronaut. 2001 Mar-Jun;48(5-12):287-97.

29
Raatschen W, Preiss H.
Potential and benefits of closed loop ECLS systems on the ISS.
Acta Astronaut. 2001 Mar-Jun;48(5-12):411-9.

30
Buravkova LB, Romanov YA.
The role of cytoskeleton in cell changes under condition of simulated microgravity.
Acta Astronaut. 2001 Mar-Jun;48(5-12):647-50.

31
Rubin C, Turner AS, Bain S, Mallinckrodt C, McLeod K.
Low mechanical signals strengthen long bones.
Nature. 2001 Aug 9;412(6847):603-4. Letter.

32
Neggers SF, Bekkering H.
Gaze anchoring to a pointing target is present during the entire pointing
movement and is driven by a non-visual signal.
J Neurophysiol. 2001 Aug;86(2):961-70.

33
Scherberger H, Cabungcal JH, Hepp K, Suzuki Y, Straumann D, Henn V.
Ocular counterroll modulates the preferred direction of saccade-related pontine
burst neurons in the monkey.
J Neurophysiol. 2001 Aug;86(2):935-49.

34
Churchland MM, Lisberger SG.
Experimental and computational analysis of monkey smooth pursuit eye movements.
J Neurophysiol. 2001 Aug;86(2):741-59.

35
Horak FB, Hlavacka F.
Somatosensory loss increases vestibulospinal sensitivity.
J Neurophysiol. 2001 Aug;86(2):575-85.

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Hidaka I, Ando SI, Shigematsu H, Sakai K, Setoguchi S, Seto T, Hirooka Y,
Takeshita A, Yamamoto Y.
Noise-enhanced heart rate and sympathetic nerve responses to oscillatory lower
body negative pressure in humans.
J Neurophysiol. 2001 Aug;86(2):559-64.