Spaceline/NASA Space Life Science Current Awareness – February 1999
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 – Kanas N
TI – Psychiatric issues affecting long duration space missions.
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 42 REFS.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med. 1998 Dec;69(12):1211-6.
(PI= N. Kanas)
2
AU – Convertino VA
TI – Changes in peak oxygen uptake and plasma volume in fit and unfit subjects
following exposure to a simulation of microgravity.
SO – Acta Physiol Scand. 1998 Nov;164(3):251-7.
(PI= V.A. Convertino)
3
AU – Engelke KA ; Convertino VA
TI – Restoration of peak vascular conductance after simulated microgravity by
maximal exercise.
SO – Clin Physiol. 1998 Nov;18(6):544-53.
(PI= V.A. Convertino)
4
AU – Welch RB ; Bridgeman B ; Williams JA ; Semmler R
TI – Dual adaptation and adaptive generalization of the human vestibulo-ocular
reflex.
SO – Percept Psychophys. 1998 Nov;60(8):1415-25.
(PI= R.B. Welch)
5
AU – Davis BA ; Sipe B ; Gershan LA ; Fiacco GJ ; Lorenz TC ; Jeffrey JJ ;
Partridge NC
TI – Collagenase and tissue plasminogen activator production in developing rat
calvariae: normal progression despite fetal exposure to microgravity.
SO – Calcif Tissue Int. 1998 Nov;63(5):416-22.
(PI= N.C. Partridge)
6
AU – Blakely EA ; Kronenberg A
TI – Heavy-ion radiobiology: new approaches to delineate mechanisms underlying
enhanced biological effectiveness.
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 264 REFS.
SO – Radiat Res. 1998 Nov;150(5 Suppl):S126-45.
(PIs= E.A. Blakely and A. Kronenberg)
7
AU – Kaufman GD ; Shinder ME ; Perachio AA
TI – Correlation of fos expression and circling asymmetry during gerbil
vestibular compensation
SO – Brain Res 1999 Jan 30;817(1-2):246-55
(PI= A.A. Perachio)
8
AU – Johnson RF ; Beltz TG ; Jurzak M ; Wachtel RE ; Johnson AK
TI – Characterization of ionic currents of cells of the subfornical organ that
project to the supraoptic nuclei
SO – Brain Res 1999 Jan 30;817(1-2):226-31
(PI= A.K. Johnson)
9
AU – Posener JA ; Schatzberg AF ; Williams GH ; Samson JA ; McHale NL ;
Bessette MP ; Schildkraut JJ
TI – Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis effects on plasma homovanillic acid
in man
SO – Biol Psychiatry 1999 Jan 15;45(2):222-8
(PI= G.H. Williams)
10
AU – Lane HW ; Gretebeck RJ ; Smith SM
TI – Nutrition, endocrinology, and body composition during space flight
SO – Nutr Res 1998 Nov;18(11):1923-34
(PI= H.W. Lane)
1
AU – Reed RC ; Brady SR ; Muday GK
TI – Inhibition of auxin movement from the shoot into the root inhibits
lateral root development in Arabidopsis.
SO – Plant Physiol. 1998 Dec;118(4):1369-78.
(PI= G.K. Muday)
2
AU – Fujita M ; Gang DR ; Davin LB ; Lewis NG
TI – Recombinant pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductases from western red cedar
(Thuja plicata) catalyze opposite enantiospecific conversions.
SO – J Biol Chem. 1999 Jan 8;274(2):618-27.
(PI= N.G. Lewis)
3
AU – Pavalko FM ; Chen NX ; Turner CH ; Burr DB ; Atkinson S ; Hsieh YF ; Qiu
J ; Duncan RL
TI – Fluid shear-induced mechanical signaling in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts requires
cytoskeleton-integrin interactions.
SO – Am J Physiol 1998 Dec;275(6 Pt 1):C1591-601
(PI= R.L. Duncan)
4
AU – Carson JA ; Booth FW
TI – Effect of serum and mechanical stretch on skeletal alpha-actin gene
regulation in cultured primary muscle cells.
SO – Am J Physiol 1998 Dec;275(6 Pt 1):C1438-48
(PI= F.W. Booth)
5
AU – Rice L ; Alfrey CP ; Driscoll T ; Whitley CE ; Hachey DL ; Suki W
TI – Neocytolysis contributes to the anemia of renal disease [see comments]
CM – Comment in: Am J Kidney Dis 1999 Jan;33(1):140-1
SO – Am J Kidney Dis 1999 Jan;33(1):59-62
(PI= C.P. Alfrey)
6
AU – Minson CT ; Wladkowski SL ; Pawelczyk JA ; Kenney WL
TI – Age, splanchnic vasoconstriction, and heat stress during tilting
SO – Am J Physiol 1999 Jan;276(1 PT 2):R203-12
(PI= J.A. Pawelczyk)
7
AU – Ikenaga H ; Ishii N ; Didion SP ; Zhang K ; Cornish KG ; Patel KP ;
Mayhan WG ; Carmines PK
TI – Suppressed impact of nitric oxide on renal arteriolar function in rats
with chronic heart failure
SO – Am J Physiol 1999 Jan;276(1 PT 2):F79-87
(PI= K.G. Cornish)
8
AU – Stein TP ; Schluter MD ; Moldawer LL
TI – Endocrine relationships during human spaceflight
SO – Am J Physiol 1999 Jan;276(1 Pt 1):E155-62
(PI= T.P. Stein)
9
AU – Dehority W ; Halloran BP ; Bikle DD ; Curren T ; Kostenuik PJ ; Wronski
TJ ; Shen Y ; Rabkin B ; Bouraoui A ; Morey-Holton E
TI – Bone and hormonal changes induced by skeletal unloading in the mature
male rat
SO – Am J Physiol 1999 Jan;276(1 Pt 1):E62-9
(PIs= T.J. Wronski, E. Morey-Holton)
10
AU – Pantalos GM ; Sharp MK ; Woodruff SJ ; O’Leary DS ; Lorange R ; Everett
SD ; Bennett TE ; Shurfranz T
TI – Influence of gravity on cardiac performance
SO – Ann Biomed Eng 1998 Nov-Dec;26(6):931-43
(PI= M.K. Sharp)
11
AU – Helmreich RL ; Merritt AC ; Wilhelm JA
TI – The evolution of crew resource management training in commercial aviation
SO – Int J Aviat Psychol 1999;9(1):19-32
(PI= R.L. Helmreich)
12
AU – Lyne JE ; Townsend LW
TI – Critical need for a swingby return option for early manned Mars missions
SO – J Spacecr Rockets 1998 Nov-Dec;35(6):855-6
(PI= L.W. Townsend)
13
AU – Ratnam AV ; Bikle DD ; Cho JK
TI – 1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D-3 enhances the calcium response of keratinocytes
SO – J Cell Physiol 1999 Feb;178(2):188-96
(PI= D.D. Bikle)
1
AU – Lisle JT ; Broadaway SC ; Prescott AM ; Pyle BH ; Fricker C ; McFeters GA
TI – Effects of starvation on physiological activity and chlorine disinfection
resistance in Escherichia coli O157:H7.
SO – Appl Environ Microbiol 1998 Dec;64(12):4658-62
(PIs= B.H. Pyle, G.A. McFeters)
2
AU – Convertino VA
TI – Gender differences in autonomic functions associated with blood pressure
regulation.
SO – Am J Physiol 1998 Dec;275(6 Pt 2):R1909-20
(PI= V.A. Convertino)
3
AU – Caiozzo VJ ; Baker MJ ; Baldwin KM
TI – Novel transitions in MHC isoforms: separate and combined effects of
thyroid hormone and mechanical unloading.
SO – J Appl Physiol 1998 Dec;85(6):2237-48
(PI= K.M. Baldwin)
4
AU – Haddad F ; Qin AX ; Zeng M ; McCue SA ; Baldwin KM
TI – Interaction of hyperthyroidism and hindlimb suspension on skeletal myosin
heavy chain expression.
SO – J Appl Physiol 1998 Dec;85(6):2227-36
(PI= K.M. Baldwin)
5
AU – Ettinger SM ; Silber DH ; Gray KS ; Smith MB ; Yang QX ; Kunselman AR ;
Sinoway LI
TI – Effects of the ovarian cycle on sympathetic neural outflow during static
exercise.
SO – J Appl Physiol 1998 Dec;85(6):2075-81
(PI= L.I. Sinoway)
6
AU – Brown NJ ; Agirbasli MA ; Williams GH ; Litchfield WR ; Vaughan DE
TI – Effect of activation and inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system on
plasma PAI-1.
SO – Hypertension 1998 Dec;32(6):965-71
(PI= G.H. Williams)
7
AU – Kostenuik PJ ; Harris J ; Halloran BP ; Turner RT ; Morey-Holton ER ;
Bikle DD
TI – Skeletal unloading causes resistance of osteoprogenitor cells to
parathyroid hormone and to insulin-like growth factor-I
SO – J Bone Miner Res 1999 Jan;14(1):21-31
(PI= D.D. Bikle)
8
AU – Rhee K ; Brunori M ; Besset V ; Trousdale R ; Wolgemuth DJ
TI – Expression and potential role of fsrg1, a murine bromodomain-containing
homologue of the drosophila gene female sterile homeotic
SO – J Cell Sci 1998 Dec;111 (23):3541-50
(PI= D.J. Wolgemuth)
9
AU – Daunton NG ; Tang F ; Corcoran ML ; Fox RA ; Man SY
TI – Chronic exposure to hypergravity affects thyrotropin-releasing hormone
levels in rat brainstem and cerebellum
SO – Biol Signals Recept 1998 Nov-Dec;7(6):337-44
(PIs= N.G. Daunton, R.A. Fox)
10
AU – Yakushin SB ; Raphan T ; Suzuki JI ; Arai Y ; Cohen B
TI – Dynamics and kinematics of the angular vestibulo-ocular reflex in monkey:
effects of canal plugging
SO – J Neurophysiol 1998 Dec;80(6):3077-99
(PI= B. Cohen)
11
AU – Jordan J ; Shannon JR ; Pohar B ; Paranjape SY ; Robertson D ; Robertson
RM ; Biaggioni I
TI – Contrasting effects of vasodilators on blood pressure and sodium balance
in the hypertension of autonomic failure
SO – J Am Soc Nephrol 1999 Jan;10(1):35-42
(PI= D. Robertson)
12
AU – Dearborn AS ; Ertl AC ; Jackson CG ; Barnes PR ; Breckler JL ; Greenleaf
JE
TI – Effect of glucose-water ingestion on exercise thermoregulation in men
dehydrated after water immersion
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 1999 Jan;70(1):35-41
(PI= J.E. Greenleaf)
13
AU – Pilmanis AA ; Olson RM ; Fischer MD ; Wiegman JF ; Webb JT
TI – Exercise-induced altitude decompression sickness
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 1999 Jan;70(1):22-9
(PI= A.A. Pilmanis, J.T. Webb)
14
AU – Thompson JL ; Balog EM ; Fitts RH ; Riley DA
TI – Five myofibrillar lesion types in eccentrically challenged, unloaded rat
adductor longus muscle–a test model
SO – Anat Rec 1999 Jan;254(1):39-52
(PI= R.H. Fitts, D.A. Riley)
15
AU – Wright RA ; Grant IA ; Low PA
TI – Autonomic neuropathy associated with sicca complex
SO – J Auton Nerv Syst 1999 Jan 15;75(1):70-6
(PI= P.A. Low)
16
AU – Dunagan N ; Greenleaf JE ; Cisar CJ
TI – Thermoregulatory effects of caffeine ingestion during submaximal exercise
in men
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med 1998 Dec;69(12):1178-81
(PI= J.E. Greenleaf)
17
AU – Angelaki DE ; McHenry MQ ; Dickman JD ; Newlands SD ; Hess BJM
TI – Computation of inertial motion: neural strategies to resolve ambiguous
otolith information
SO – J Neurosci 1999 Jan 1;19(1):316-27
(PIs= D.E. Angelaki, J.D. Dickman)
18
AU – Mullen JL ; Turk E ; Johnson K ; Wolverton C ; Ishikawa H ; Simmons C ;
Soll D ; Evans ML
TI – Root-growth behavior of the arabidopsis mutant rgr1. Roles Of
gravitropism and circumnutation in the waving/coiling phenomenon
SO – Plant Physiol 1998 Dec;118(4):1139-45
(PI= M.L. Evans)
19
AU – Hohnloser SH ; Klingenheben T ; Li YG ; Zabel M ; Peetermans J ; Cohen RJ
TI – T wave alternans as a predictor of recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias
in ICD recipients: prospective comparison with conventional risk markers
SO – J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1998 Dec;9(12):1258-68
(PI= R.J. Cohen)
20
AU – Wu CL ; Denq JC ; Harper CM ; O’Brien PC ; Low PA
TI – Clinical and electrophysiologic attributes as predictors of results of
autonomic function tests
SO – Clin Auton Res 1998 Dec;8(6):347-51
(PI= P.A. Low)
21
AU – Walling HW ; Chan PT ; Omura TH ; Barmina OY ; Fiacco GJ ;
Jeffrey JJ ; Partridge NC
TI – Regulation of the collegenase-3 receptor and its role in intracellular
ligand processing in rat osteoblastic cells
SO – J Cell Physiol 1998 Dec;177(4):563-74
(PI= N.C. Partridge)
22
AU – Linkemer G ; Board JE ; Musgrave ME
TI – Waterlogging effects on growth and yield components in late planted
soybean
SO – Crop Sci 1998 Nov-Dec;38(6):1576-84
(PI= M.E. Musgrave)
1
Space Neuroscience Research. Proceedings of a workshop held in Paris on
April 22-24, 1997. Special issue.
Brain Res Brain Res Rev 1998 Nov;28(1-2):1-234
Note: Of the 23 citations within this special issue, 6 were authored by PIs
or NASA individuals (Walton, Ross, Tomko, Correia, Kerman, Reschke, Bloomberg,
Harm, Paloski, Lackner) and 8 were about space flight missions/experiments.
2
AU – Stowe RP ; Cubbage ML ; Sams CF ; Pierson DL ; Barrett AD
TI – Detection and quantification of Epstein-Barr virus EBER1 in EBV-infected
cells by fluorescent in situ hybridization and flow cytometry.
SO – J Virol Methods. 1998 Nov;75(1):83-91.
(PI= R.P. Stowe)
3
AU – West JB ; Mathieu-Costello O
TI – Stress-induced injury of pulmonary capillaries.
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 46 REFS.
SO – Proc Assoc Am Physicians. 1998 Nov-Dec;110(6):506-12.
(PI= J.B. West)
4
AU – Murashov AK ; Talebian S ; Wolgemuth DJ
TI – Role of heat shock protein Hsp25 in the response of the orofacial nuclei
motor system to physiological stress.
SO – Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1998 Dec 10;63(1):14-24.
(PI= D.J. Wolgemuth)
5
AU – Watenpaugh DE ; Gaffney FA
TI – Measurement of net whole-body transcapillary fluid transport and
effective vascular compliance in humans.
SO – J Trauma. 1998 Dec;45(6):1062-8.
(PI= F.A. Gaffney)
6
AU – Silver RB ; Reeves AP ; Steinacker A ; Highstein SM
TI – Examination of the cupula and stereocilia of the horizontal semicircular
canal in the toadfish Opsanus tau.
SO – J Comp Neurol. 1998 Dec 7;402(1):48-61.
(PI= S.M. Highstein)
7
AU – Chen R ; Hilson P ; Sedbrook J ; Rosen E ; Caspar T ; Masson PH
TI – The arabidopsis thaliana AGRAVITROPIC 1 gene encodes a component of the
polar-auxin-transport efflux carrier.
SO – Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Dec 8;95(25):15112-7.
(PI= P.H. Masson)
8
AU – Novak V ; Novak P ; Opfer-Gehrking TL ; O’Brien PC ; Low PA
TI – Clinical and laboratory indices that enhance the diagnosis of postural
tachycardia syndrome.
SO – Mayo Clin Proc. 1998 Dec;73(12):1141-50.
(PI= P.A. Low)
9
AU – Lanske B ; Divieti P ; Kovacs CS ; Pirro A ; Landis WJ ; Krane SM ;
Bringhurst FR ; Kronenberg HM
TI – The parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide receptor mediates
actions of both ligands in murine bone.
SO – Endocrinology. 1998 Dec;139(12):5194-204.v
(PI= W.J. Landis)
10
AU – Balcer-Kubiczek EK ; Zhang XF ; Han LH ; Harrison GH ; Davis CC ; Zhou XJ
; Ioffe V ; McCready WA ; Abraham JM ; Meltzer SJ
TI – BIGEL analysis of gene expression in HL60 cells exposed to X rays or 60
Hz magnetic fields.
SO – Radiat Res. 1998 Dec;150(6):663-72.
(PI= E.K. Balcer-Kubiczek)
11
AU – Lobrich M ; Cooper PK ; Rydberg B
TI – Joining of correct and incorrect DNA ends at double-strand breaks
produced by high-linear energy transfer radiation in human fibroblasts.
SO – Radiat Res. 1998 Dec;150(6):619-26.
(PI= P.K. Cooper)
12
AU – Low PA ; Dotson RM
TI – Symptomatic treatment of painful neuropathy [editorial; comment]
CM – Comment on: JAMA 1998 Dec 2;280(21):1831-6 ; Comment on: JAMA 1998 Dec
2;280(21):1837-42
SO – JAMA. 1998 Dec 2;280(21):1863-4.
(PI= P.A. Low)
13
AU – Liu D ; Matzuk MM ; Sung WK ; Guo Q ; Wang P ; Wolgemuth DJ
TI – Cyclin A1 is required for meiosis in the male mouse.
SO – Nat Genet. 1998 Dec;20(4):377-80.
(PI= D.J. Wolgemuth)
