Spaceline/NASA Space Life Science Current Awareness – August 2000
Recent scientific publications of investigators whose research derives
from support of the Life Sciences Division of NASA are listed below.
The Principal Investigator or PI is noted. The lists are compiled weekly,
and a new list is added each week.
1
AU – Stevenson JM ; Perera IY ; Heilmann I ; Persson S ; Boss WF
TI – Inositol signaling and plant growth.
SO – Trends Plant Sci. 2000 Jun;5(6):252-8.
(PIs: W.F. Boss and E. Davies: NSCORT in Plant Gravitational Biology)
2
AU – Hoffman RR ; Woods DD
TI – Studying cognitive systems in context: preface to the special section.
SO – Hum Factors. 2000 Spring;42(1):1-7.
(PI: D.D. Woods)
3
AU – Fang A ; Pierson DL ; Mishra SK ; Demain AL
TI – Growth of Steptomyces hygroscopicus in rotating-wall bioreactor under
simulated microgravity inhibits rapamycin production.
SO – Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2000 Jul;54(1):33-6.
(PIs: A.L. Demain and D.L. Pierson)
4
AU – Eckberg DL
TI – Physiological basis for human autonomic rhythms.
SO – Ann Med 2000 Jul;32(5):341-9.
(PI: D.L. Eckberg)
5
AU – Bloomberg JJ ; Merkle LA ; Barry SR ; Huebner WP ; Cohen HS ; Mueller SA
; Fordice J
TI – Effects of adaptation of vestibulo-ocular reflex function on manual
target localization.
SO – J Vestib Res 2000;10(2):75-86.
(PI: J.J. Bloomberg)
6
AU – Gens JS ; Fujiki M ; Pickard BG
TI – Arabinogalactan protein and wall-associated kinase in a plasmalemmal
reticulum with specialized vertices.
SO – Protoplasma 2000;212(1-2):115-34.
(PI: B.G. Pickard)
7
AU – Smith ML ; Muenter NK
TI – Effects of hypoxia on sympathetic neural control in humans.
SO – Respir Physiol 2000 Jul;121(2-3):163-71.
(PIs: M.L. Smith ; N.K. Muenter: Graduate Student Research Project)
8
AU – Wolverton C ; Mullen JL ; Aizawa S ; Yoshizaki I ; Kamigaichi S ; Mukai
C ; Shimazu T ; Fukui K ; Evans ML ; Ishikawa H
TI – Inhibition of root elongation in microgravity by an applied electric field.
SO – Biol Sci Space 2000 Jun;14(2):58-63.
(PIs: M.L. Evans ; S.C. Wolverton: Graduate Student Research Project)
9
TI – Commentary.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Aug;89(2):848.
10
AU – Felix JA ; Dirksen ER ; Woodruff ML
TI – Physiology of a microgravity environment. Selected contribution: PKC
activation inhibits Ca(2+) signaling in tracheal epithelial cells kept in
simulated microgravity.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Aug;89(2):855-64.
(Funded by Microgravity Research Division)
11
AU – Ronca AE ; Alberts JR
TI – Physiology of a microgravity environment. Selected contribution: effects
of spaceflight during pregnancy on labor and birth at 1 G.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Aug;89(2):849-54.
(PI: J.R. Alberts)
12
AU – Turner RT
TI – Physiology of a microgravity environment. Invited review: what do we
know about the effects of spaceflight on bone?
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Aug;89(2):840-7.
(PI: R.T. Turner)
13
AU – Fitts RH ; Riley DA ; Widrick JJ
TI – Physiology of a microgravity environment. Invited review: microgravity
and skeletal muscle.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Aug;89(2):823-39.
(PIs: R.H. Fitts and D.A. Riley)
14
AU – Clarke MS ; Vanderburg CR ; Bamman MM ; Caldwell RW ; Feeback DL
TI – In situ localization of cholesterol in skeletal muscle by use of a
monoclonal antibody.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Aug;89(2):731-41.
(PI: D.L. Feeback)
15
AU – Boda WL ; Watenpaugh DE ; Ballard RE ; Hargens AR
TI – Supine lower body negative pressure exercise simulates metabolic and
kinetic features of upright exercise.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Aug;89(2):649-54.
(PI: A.R. Hargens)
16
AU – Chornuk MA ; Bernard SL ; Burns JW ; Glenny RW ; Sheriff DD ; Sinclair SE
; Polissar NL ; Hlastala MP
TI – Effects of inertial load and countermeasures on the distribution of
pulmonary blood flow.
SO – J Appl Physiol 2000 Aug;89(2):445-57.
(PI: M.P. Hlastala)
1
AU – Kawata T ; Gotoh E ; Durante M ; Wu H ; George K ; Furusawa Y ; Cucinotta
FA
TI – High-LET radiation-induced aberrations in prematurely condensed G2
chromosomes of human fibroblasts.
SO – Int J Radiat Biol 2000 Jul;76(7):929-37.
(PI: J.F. Dicello)
2
AU – Mukhopadhyay CK ; Mazumder B ; Fox PL
TI – Role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in transcriptional activation of
ceruloplasmin by iron deficiency.
SO – J Biol Chem 2000 Jul 14;275(28):21048-54.
(PI: P.L. Fox)
3
AU – Ray CA ; Carrasco DI
TI – Isometric handgrip training reduces arterial pressure at rest without
changes in sympathetic nerve activity.
SO – Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000 Jul;279(1):H245-9.
(PI: C.A. Ray)
4
TI – Changes in ribbon synapses and rough endoplasmic reticulum of rat utricular
macular hair cells in weightlessness.
SO – Acta Otolaryngol 2000 Jun;120(4):490-9.
(PI: M.D. Ross)
5
AU – Vodovotz Y ; Smith SM ; Lane HW
TI – Food and nutrition in space: application to human health.
SO – Nutrition 2000 Jul-Aug;16(7-8):534-7.
(PIs: S.M. Smith and H.W. Lane)
6
AU – Steinberg SL ; Ming DW ; Henderson KE ; Carrier C ; Gruener JE ; Barta DJ ;
Henninger DL
TI – Wheat response to differences in water and nutritional status between
zeoponic and hydroponic growth systems.
SO – Agronomy J 2000 Mar-Apr;92(2):353-60.
(PIs: D.W. Ming and D.J. Barta)
1
AU – Barta DJ ; Tibbitts TW
TI – Calcium localization and tipburn development in lettuce leaves during early
enlargement.
SO – J Am Soc Hortic Sci 2000 May;125(3):294-8.
(PIs: D.J. Barta and T.W. Tibbitts)
2
AU – Edgerton VR ; Roy RR ; Hodgson JA ; Day K ; Weiss J ; Harkema SJ ; Dobkin
B ; Garfinkel A ; Konigsberg E ; Koslovskaya I
TI – How the science and engineering of spaceflight contribute to understanding
the plasticity of spinal cord injury.
SO – Acta Astronaut 2000;47(1):51-62.
(PI: V.R. Edgerton)
3
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AU – Webb JT ; Pilmanis AA ; Kannan N ; Olson RM
TI – The effect of staged decompression while breathing 100% oxygen on
altitude decompression sickness.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 2000 Jul;71(7):692-8.
(PI: A.A. Pilmanis)
1
AU – Shimizu M ; Wang W ; Walch ET ; Dunne PW ; Epstein HF
TI – Rac-1 and Raf-1 kinases, components of distinct signaling pathways,
activate myotonic dystrophy protein kinase.
SO – FEBS Lett 2000 Jun 23;475(3):273-7.
(PI: H.F. Epstein)
2
AU – Smorawinski J ; Kaciuba-Uscilko H ; Nazar K ; Kubala P ; Kaminska E
; Ziemba AW ; Adrian J ; Greenleaf JE
TI – Effects of three-day bed rest on metabolic, hormonal and circulatory
responses to an oral glucose load in endurance or strength trained athletes
and untrained subjects.
SO – J Physiol Pharmacol 2000 Jun;51(2):279-89.
(PI: J.E. Greenleaf)
3
AU – Yalcin F ; Thomas JD ; Homa D ; Flachskampf FA
TI – Transesophageal echocardiography: first-line imaging for aortic
diseases.
SO – Cleve Clin J Med 2000 Jun;67(6):417-8, 421-8.
(PI: J.D. Thomas)
4
AU – Firstenberg MS ; Greenberg NL ; Garcia MJ ; Morehead AJ ; Cardon LA
; Klein AL ; Thomas JD
TI – Internet-based transfer of cardiac ultrasound images.
SO – J Telemed Telecare 2000;6(3):168-71.
(PI: J.D. Thomas)
5
AU – Yalcin F ; Aksoy FG ; Muderrisoglu H ; Sabah I ; Garcia MJ ; Thomas JD
TI – Treatment of hypertension with perindopril reduces plasma atrial natriuretic
peptide levels, left ventricular mass, and improves echocardiographic
parameters of diastolic function.
SO – Clin Cardiol 2000 Jun;23(6):437-41.
(PI: J.D. Thomas)
6
AU – Menani JV ; De Luca LA Jr ; Thunhorst RL ; Johnson AK
TI – Hindbrain serotonin and the rapid induction of sodium appetite.
SO – Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000 Jul;279(1):R126-31.
(PI: A.K. Johnson)
7
AU – Kerman IA ; Emanuel BA ; Yates BJ
TI – Vestibular stimulation leads to distinct hemodynamic patterning.
SO – Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000 Jul;279(1):R118-25.
(PI: I.A. Kerman: Graduate Student Researcher and B.J. Yates)
8
AU – Kerman IA ; Yates BJ ; McAllen RM
TI – Anatomic patterning in the expression of vestibulosympathetic reflexes.
SO – Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000 Jul;279(1):R109-17.
(PI: I.A. Kerman: Graduate Student Researcher and B.J. Yates)
9
AU – Kuang A ; Xiao Y ; McClure G ; Musgrave ME
TI – Influence of microgravity on ultrastructure and storage reserves in seeds
of Brassica rapa L.
SO – Annals of Botany 2000;85(6):851-9.
(PI: M.E. Musgrave)
10
AU – Sajdel-Sulkowska EM ; Koibuchi N
TI – Altered CD15 glycolipid expression in the developing rat cerebellum following
treatment with antithyroid drug, propylthiouracil.
SO – Endocr J 2000 Jun;47(3):353-8.
(PI: E.M. Sajdel-Sulkowska)
11
AU – Spalding EP
TI – Ion channels and the transduction of light signals.
SO – Plant Cell Environ 2000 Jul;23(7):665-74.
(PIs: E.P. Spalding and M.L. Evans, NASA/NSF Joint Program in Plant Biology)
12
AU – Mair RW ; Hoffman D ; Sheth SA ; Wong GP ; Butler JP ; Patz S ; Topulos
GP ; Walsworth RL
TI – Reduced xenon diffusion for quantitative lung study: the role of SF6.
SO – NMR Biomed 2000 Jun;13(4):229-33.
(PI: R.L. Walsworth)
13
AU – Venkatesh AK ; Zhao L ; Balamore D ; Jolesz FA ; Albert MS
TI – Evaluation of carrier agents for hyperpolarized xenon MRI.
SO – NMR Biomed 2000 Jun;13(4):245-52.
(PI: M.S. Albert)
14
AU – Ramirez MP ; Sigaloff KC ; Kubatina LV ; Donahue MA ; Venkatesh AK
; Albert MS
TI – Physiological response of rats to delivery of helium and xenon:
implications for hyperpolarized noble gas imaging.
SO – NMR Biomed 2000 Jun;13(4):253-64.
(PI: M.S. Albert)
