Status Report

Spaceline/NASA Space Life Science Current Awareness – August 1999

By SpaceRef Editor
August 30, 1999
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August 27, 1999

1
AU – Fedoroff NV
TI – Transposable elements as a molecular evolutionary force.
SO – Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999 May 18;870:251-64.
(PI: N.V. Fedoroff)

2
AU – Pikkujamsa SM ; Makikallio TH ; Sourander LB ; Raiha IJ ; Puukka P ;
Skytta J ; Peng CK ; Goldberger AL ; Huikuri HV
TI – Cardiac interbeat interval dynamics from childhood to senescence :
comparison of conventional and new measures based on fractals and chaos
theory.
SO – Circulation 1999 Jul 27;100(4):393-9.
(PI: A.L. Goldberger)

3
AU – Hamdan MH ; Joglar JA ; Page RL ; Zagrodzky JD ; Sheehan CJ ; Wasmund SL
; Smith ML
TI – Baroreflex gain predicts blood pressure recovery during simulated
ventricular tachycardia in humans.
SO – Circulation 1999 Jul 27;100(4):381-6.
(PI: M.L. Smith)

4
AU – Uzawa K ; Grzesik WJ ; Nishiura T ; Kuznetsov SA ; Robey Pg ; Brenner DA
; Yamauchi M
TI – Differential expression of human lysyl hydroxylase genes, lysine
hydroxylation, and cross-linking of type I collagen during osteoblastic
differentiation In vitro.
SO – J Bone Miner Res 1999 Aug;14(8):1272-80.
(PI: M. Yamauchi)

5
AU – Clement G ; Wood SJ ; Reschke MF ; Berthoz A ; Igarashi M
TI – Yaw and pitch visual-vestibular interaction in weightlessness.
SO – J Vestib Res 1999;9(3):207-20.
(PI: M.F. Reschke)

6
AU – Cohen B ; Wearne S ; Dai M ; Raphan T
TI – Spatial orientation of the angular vestibulo-ocular reflex.
SO – J Vestib Res 1999;9(3):163-72.
(PI: B. Cohen)

7
AU – McCrory JL ; Lemmon DR ; Sommer HJ ; Prout B ; Smith D ; Korth DW ;
Lucero J ; Greenisen M ; Moore J ; Kozlovskaya I ; Pestov I ; Stepansov V
; Miyakinchenko Y ; Cavanagh PR
TI – Evaluation of a treadmill with vibration isolation and stabilization (TVIS) for
use on the International Space Station.
SO – J Appl Biomech 1999:15(3):292-302.
(PI: P.R. Cavanagh)

8
AU – Lisle JT ; Pyle BH ; McFeters GA
TI – The use of multiple indices of physiological activity to access viability
in chlorine disinfected Escherichia coli O157:H7.
SO – Lett Appl Microbiol 1999 Jul;29(1):42-7.
(PIs: B.H. Pyle and G.A. McFeters)

August 20, 1999

1
AU – Johnson AK ; de Olmos J ; Pastuskovas CV ; Zardetto-Smith AM ; Vivas L
TI – The extended amygdala and salt appetite.
SO – Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999 Jun 29;877:258-80.
(PI: A.K. Johnson)

2
AU – Gdowski GT ; McCrea RA
TI – Integration of vestibular and head movement signals in the vestibular
nuclei during whole-body rotation.
SO – J Neurophysiol. 1999 Jul;82(1):436-49.
(PIs: R.A. McCrea/B.W. Peterson: NASA/NIH NSCORT for vestibular research)

3
AU – McCrea RA ; Gdowski GT ; Boyle R ; Belton T
TI – Firing behavior of vestibular neurons during active and passive head
movements: vestibulo-spinal and other non-eye-movement related neurons.
SO – J Neurophysiol. 1999 Jul;82(1):416-28.
(PIs: R.A. McCrea/B.W. Peterson: NASA/NIH NSCORT for vestibular research)

4
AU – Hirasaki E ; Moore ST ; Raphan T ; Cohen B
TI – Effects of walking velocity on vertical head and body movements during
locomotion.
SO – Exp Brain Res 1999 Jul;127(2):117-30.
(PI: B. Cohen)

5
AU – Fluck M ; Carson JA ; Gordon SE ; Ziemiecki A ; Booth FW
TI – Focal adhesion proteins FAK and paxillin increase in hypertrophied
skeletal muscle.
SO – Am J Physiol 1999 Jul;277(1 Pt 1):C152-62.
(PI: F.W. Booth)

6
AU – Tubiello FN ; Mahato T ; Morton T ; Druitt JW ; Volk T ; Marino BD
TI – Growing wheat in Biosphere 2 under elevated CO2: observations
and modeling.
SO – Ecol Eng 1999 Jun;13(1-4):273-86.
(PI: T. Volk)

7
AU – Kelly TL ; Neri DF ; Grill JT ; Ryman D ; Hunt PD ; Dijk DJ ; Shanahan TL
; Czeisler CA
TI – Nonentrained circadian rhythms of melatonin in submariners scheduled to
an 18-hour day.
SO – J Biol Rhythms 1999 Jun;14(3):190-6.
(PIs: D.J. Dijk and C.A. Czeisler)

August 13, 1999

1
AU – Belton T ; McCrea RA
TI – Contribution of the cerebellar flocculus to gaze control during active
head movements.
SO – J Neurophysiol. 1999 Jun;81(6):3105-9.
(PIs: R.A. McCrea ; B.W. Peterson: NASA/NIH NSCORT in Vestibular Research)

2
AU – Mensinger AF ; Highstein SM
TI – Characteristics of regenerating horizontal semicircular canal afferent
and efferent fibers in the toadfish, Opsanus tau.
SO – J Comp Neurol. 1999 Aug 9;410(4):653-76.
(PI: S.M. Highstein)

3
AU – Chen CS ; Brangwynne C ; Ingber DE
TI – Pictures in cell biology: squaring up to the cell-shape debate.
SO – Trends Cell Biol. 1999 Jul;9(7):283.
(PI: D.E. Ingber)

4
AU – Levinskikh MA ; Sychev VN ; Derendiaeva TA ; Signalova OB ; Salisbury FB
; Campbell WF ; Babenheim D
TI – [The influence of space flight factors on the growth and development of
super dwarf wheat cultivated in greenhouse Svet]
SO – Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 1999;33(2):37-41.
(PIs: F.B. Salisbury and W.F. Campbell)

5
AU – Veselova TD ; Il’ina GM ; Dzhaliova KhKh ; Levinskikh MA ; Sychev VN ;
Salisbury FB ; Campbell WF
TI – [Cyto-embryologic investigation of super dwarf wheat grown on board of
the Mir orbital complex]
SO – Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 1999;33(2):30-7.
(PIs: F.B. Salisbury and W.F. Campbell)

6
AU – Stuart CA ; Wen G ; Jiang J
TI – GLUT3 protein and mRNA in autopsy muscle specimens.
SO – Metabolism 1999 Jul;48(7):876-80.
(PI: C.A. Stuart)

7
AU – Wade SW ; Halmagyi GM ; Black FO ; McGarvie LA
TI – Time constant of nystagmus slow-phase velocity to yaw-axis rotation as a
function of the severity of unilateral caloric paresis.
SO – Am J Otol 1999 Jul;20(4):471-8.
(PI: F.O. Black)

8
AU – Pickard BG ; Beachy RN
TI – Intercellular connections are developmentally controlled to help move
molecules through the plant.
SO – Cell 1999 Jul 9;98(1):5-8.
(PI: B.G. Pickard)

9
AU – Madlung A ; Behringer FJ ; Lomax TL
TI – Ethylene plays multiple nonprimary roles in modulating the gravitropic
response in tomato.
SO – Plant Physiol 1999 Jul;120(3):897-906.
(PI: T.L. Lomax)

10
AU – Behringer FJ ; Lomax TL
TI – Genetic analysis of the roles of phytochromes A and B1 in the
reversed gravitropic response of the lz-2 tomato mutant.
SO – Plant Cell Environ 1999 May;22(5):551-8.
(PI: T.L. Lomax)

11
AU – Cosgrove DJ
TI – Enzymes and other agents that enhance cell wall extensibility.
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 122 REFS.
SO – Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 1999;50:391-417.
(PI: D.J. Cosgrove)

12
AU – Pietrzyk RA ; Feiveson AH ; Whitson PA
TI – Mathematical model to estimate risk of calcium-containing renal stones.
SO – Miner Electrolyte Metab 1999 May-Jun;25(3):199-203.
(PI: P.A. Whitson)

13
AU – Burden HW ; Zary J ; Alberts JR
TI – Effects of space flight on the immunohistochemical demonstration
of connexin 26 and connexin 43 in the postpartum uterus of rats.
SO – J Reprod Fertil 1999;116(2):229-34.
(PIs: H.W. Burden and J.R. Alberts)

August 6, 1999

1
AU – Davrath LR ; Gotshall RW ; Tucker A ; Sadeh WZ ; Luckasen GJ ; Downes TR
; Coonts CC
TI – Moderate sodium restriction does not alter lower body negative pressure
tolerance.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Jun;70(6):577-82.
(PI: L.R. Davrath)

2
AU – Mehta SK ; Stevens DA ; Mishra SK ; Feroze F ; Pierson DL
TI – Distribution of Candida albicans genotypes among family members.
SO – Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1999 May;34(1):19-25.
(PIs: S.K. Mishra and D.L. Pierson)

3
AU – Holstein GR ; Martinelli GP ; Cohen B
TI – Ultrastructural features of non-commissural GABAergic neurons in the
medial vestibular nucleus of the monkey.
SO – Neuroscience 1999;93(1):183-93
(PIs: G.R. Holstein and B. Cohen)

4
AU – Holstein GR ; Martinelli GP ; Cohen B
TI – The ultrastructure of GABA-immunoreactive vestibular commissural neurons
related to velocity storage in the monkey.
SO – Neuroscience 1999;93(1):171-81
(PIs: G.R. Holstein and B. Cohen)

5
AU – Holstein GR ; Martinelli GP ; Wearne S ; Cohen B
TI – Ultrastructure of vestibular commissural neurons related to velocity
storage in the monkey.
SO – Neuroscience 1999;93(1):155-70
(PIs: G.R. Holstein and B. Cohen)

6
AU – Raghavan AV ; Horowitz JM ; Fuller CA
TI – Diurnal modulation of long-term potentiation in the hamster hippocampal
slice.
SO – Brain Res 1999 Jul 3;833(2):311-4
(PI: C.A. Fuller)

7
AU – Dye BJ ; Frank TC ; Newlands SD ; Dickman JD
TI – Distribution and time course of hair cell regeneration in the pigeon
utricle.
SO – Hear Res 1999 Jul;133(1-2):17-26
(PI: J.D. Dickman)

8
AU – Campbell P ; Braam J
TI – In vitro activities of four xyloglucan endotransglycosylases from
Arabidopsis.
SO – Plant J 1999 May;18(4):371-82
(PIs: J. Braam / L.V. McIntire: Gravitational Biology NSCORT)

9
AU – Thunhorst RL ; Beltz TG ; Johnson AK
TI – Effects of subfornical organ lesions on acutely induced thirst and salt
appetite.
SO – Am J Physiol 1999 Jul;277(1 Pt 2):R56-65
(PI: A.K. Johnson)

10
AU – Smith SM ; Wastney ME ; Morukov BV ; Larina IM ; Nyquist LE ; Abrams SA ;
Taran EN ; Shih CY ; Nillen JL ; Davis-Street JE ; Rice BL ; Lane HW
TI – Calcium metabolism before, during, and after a 3-mo spaceflight: kinetic
and biochemical changes.
SO – Am J Physiol 1999 Jul;277(1 Pt 2):R1-R10
(PIs: S.M. Smith and H.W. Lane)

11
AU – Zhang NG ; Hasenstein KH
TI – Initiation and elongation of lateral roots in Lactuca sativa.
SO – Int J Plant Sci 1999 May;160(3):511-9.
(PI: K.H. Hasenstein)

12
AU – Weise SE ; Kiss JZ
TI – Gravitropism of inflorescence stems in starch deficient mutants of
Arabidopsis.
SO – Int J Plant Sci 1999 May;160(3):521-7.
(PI: J.Z. Kiss)

13
AU – McKenzie MA ; Greenleaf JE ; Looft-Wilson R ; Barnes PR
TI – Leukocytosis, thrombocytosis, and plasma osmolality during rest
and exercise – an hypothesis.
SO – J Physiol Pharmacol 1999 Jun;50(2):259-73.
(PIs: J.E. Greenleaf and R.C. Looft-Wilson)

14
AU – Landis WJ
TI – An overview of vertebrate mineralization with emphasis on
collagen-mineral interaction.
SO – Gravit Space Biol Bull. 1999 May; 12(2):15-26.
(PI: W.J. Landis)

15
AU – Freed LE ; Pellis N ; Searby N ; de Luis J ; Preda C ; Bordonaro J ;
Vunjak-Novakovic G
TI – Microgravity cultivation of cells and tissues.
SO – Gravit Space Biol Bull. 1999 May; 12(2):57-66.
(PI: N.R. Pellis)

16
AU – Bugbee B
TI – Engineering plants for spaceflight environments.
SO – Gravit Space Biol Bull. 1999 May; 12(2):67-74.
(PI: B.G. Bugbee)

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