Status Report

Spaceline/NASA Space Life Science Current Awareness – March 1999

By SpaceRef Editor
March 30, 1999
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AU – Gotshall RW ; Davrath LR ; Sadeh WZ ; Coonts CC ; Luckasen GJ ; Downes TR ; Tucker A
TI – Validation of impedance cardiography during lower body negative pressure.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Jan;70(1):6-10.
(PI= L.R. Davrath)

2
AU – Gotshall RW ; Davrath LR
TI – Bioelectric impedance as an index of thoracic fluid.
SO – Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Jan;70(1):58-61.
(PI= L.R. Davrath)

3
AU – Blount P ; Sukharev SI ; Moe PC ; Martinac B ; Kung C
TI – Mechanosensitive channels of bacteria.
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 48 REFS.
SO – Methods Enzymol. 1999;294:458-82.
(PI= S.I. Sukharev)

4
AU – Grichko VP ; Gettelman GJ ; Widrick JJ ; Fitts RH
TI – Substrate and enzyme profile of fast and slow skeletal muscle fibers in rhesus monkeys.
SO – J Appl Physiol. 1999 Jan;86(1):335-40.
(PI= R.H. Fitts)

5
AU – Clark JM ; Lambertsen CJ ; Gelfand R ; Flores ND ; Pisarello JB ; Rossman MD ; Elias JA
TI – Effects of prolonged oxygen exposure at 1.5, 2.0, or 2.5 ATA on pulmonary function in men (predictive studies V).
SO – J Appl Physiol. 1999 Jan;86(1):243-59.
(PI= C.J. Lambertsen)

6
AU – Schatten H ; Hedrick J ; Chakrabarti A
TI – The cytoskeleton of Drosophila-derived Schneider line-1 and Kc23 cells undergoes significant changes during long-term culture.
SO – Cell Tissue Res. 1998 Dec;294(3):525-35.
(PI= H. Schatten)

7
AU – Vasquez EC ; Johnson RF ; Beltz TG ; Haskell RE ; Davidson BL ; Johnson AK
TI – Replication-deficient adenovirus vector transfer of gfp reporter gene into supraoptic nucleus and subfornical organ neurons.
SO – Exp Neurol 1998 Dec;154(2):353-65
(PI= A.K. Johnson)

8
AU -Stiling P ; Rossi AM ; Hungate B ; Dijkstra P ; Hinkle CR ; Knott WM ; Drake B
TI – Decreased leaf miner abundance in elevated CO2 – reduced leaf quality and increased parasitoid attack.
SO – Ecol Appl 1999 Feb;9(1):240-4.
(PI= W.M. Knott)

9
AU – Tyson DR ; Swarthout JT ; Partridge NC
TI – Increased osteoblastic c-fos expression by parathyroid hormone requires protein kinase A phosphorylation of the cyclic adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate response element-binding protein at serine 133.
SO – Endocrinology 1999 Mar;140(3):1255-61.
(PI= N.C. Partridge)

10
AU – Bergula AP ; Huang W ; Frangos JA
TI – Femoral vein ligation increases bone mass in the hindlimb suspended rat.
SO – Bone 1999 Mar;24(3):171-7.
(PI= J.A. Frangos)


March 19, 1999

1
AU – Vandenburgh H ; Del Tatto M ; Shansky J ; Goldstein L ; Russell K ; Genes N ; Chromiak J ; Yamada S
TI – Attenuation of skeletal muscle wasting with recombinant human growth hormone secreted from a tissue-engineered bioartificial muscle.
SO – Hum Gene Ther. 1998 Nov 20;9(17):2555-64.
(PI= H. Vandenburgh)

2
AU – Low PA ; Novak V ; Spies JM ; Novak P ; Petty GW
TI – Cerebrovascular regulation in the postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 80 REFS.
SO – Am J Med Sci 1999 Feb;317(2):124-33.
(PI= P.A. Low)

3
AU – Suarez GA ; Opfer-Gehrking TL ; Offord KP ; Atkinson EJ ; O’Brien PC ; Low PA
TI – The Autonomic Symptom Profile: a new instrument to assess autonomic symptoms.
SO – Neurology 1999 Feb;52(3):523-8
(PI= P.A. Low)

4
AU – Hecht JT ; Montufar-Solis D ; Decker G ; Lawler J ; Daniels K ; Duke PJ
TI – Retention of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) and cell death in redifferentiated pseudoachondroplasia chondrocytes.
SO – Matrix Biol 1998 Dec;17(8-9):625-33.
(PI= P.J. Duke)

5
AU – Whalen EJ ; Johnson AK ; Lewis SJ
TI – Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on sympathetically-mediated tachycardia.
SO – Eur J Pharmacol 1999 Jan 22;365(2-3):217-23.
(PI= A.K. Johnson)

6
AU – Whalen EJ ; Johnson AK ; Lewis SJ
TI – Hemodynamic actions of systemically injected pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide-27 in the rat.
SO – Eur J Pharmacol 1999 Jan 22;365(2-3):205-15.
(PI= A.K. Johnson)

7
AU – Chaban CI ; Kern VD ; Ripetskyj RT ; Demkiv OT ; Sack FD
TI – Gravitropism in caulonemata of the moss Pottia intermedia.
SO – J Bryol 1998;20 Pt 2:287-99.
(PI= F.D. Sack)

8
AU – Stanney KM ; Kennedy RS ; Drexler JM ; Harm DL
TI – Motion sickness and proprioceptive aftereffects following virtual environment exposure.
SO – Appl Ergon 1999 Feb;30(1):27-38.
(PIs= R.S. Kennedy and D.L. Harm)


March 12, 1999

1
AU – Nasledov GA ; Nemirovskaia TL ; Arutiunian RS ; Feebeck D ; Shein VI ; Shenkman BS
TI – [Beta-guanidinopropionic acid prevents decrease in muscle performance and reduction in mitochondrial enzymes activation under gravitation unloading in rats]
SO – Dokl Akad Nauk. 1998 Nov;363(1):126-9.
(PI= D. Feeback)

2
AU – Robertson D
TI – The epidemic of orthostatic tachycardia and orthostatic intolerance
SO – Am J Med Sci 1999 Feb;317(2):75-7
(PI= D. Robertson)

3
AU – Kuznetsov OA ; Schwuchow J ; Sack FD ; Hasenstein KH
TI – Curvature induced by amyloplast magnetophoresis in protonemata of the moss ceratodon purpureus
SO – Plant Physiol 1999 Feb;119(2):645-50
(PIs= F.D. Sack and K-H. Hasenstein)

4
AU – Harm DL ; Parker DE ; Reschke MF ; Skinner NC
TI – Relationship between selected orientation rest frame, circular vection and space motion sickness
SO – Brain Res Bull 1998 Nov 15;47(5):497-501
(PIs= D.L. Harm, D.E. Parker and M.F. Reschke)

5
AU – Guedry FE ; Rupert AR ; Reschke MF
TI – Motion sickness and development of synergy within the spatial orientation system. A hypothetical unifying concept
SO – Brain Res Bull 1998 Nov 15;47(5):475-80
(PI= M.F. Reschke)

6
AU – Marsh DR ; Carson JA ; Stewart LN ; Booth FW
TI – Activation of the skeletal alpha-actin promoter during muscle regeneration
SO – J Muscle Res Cell Motil 1998 Nov;19(8):897-907
(PI= F.W. Booth)

7
AU – Wei HG ; Riel E ; Czeisler CA ; Dijk DJ
TI – Attenuated amplitude of circadian and sleep-dependent modulation of electroencephalographic sleep spindle characteristics in elderly human subjects
SO – Neurosci Lett 1999 Jan 22;260(1):29-32
(PI= C.A. Czeisler)

8
AU – Sedbrook JC ; Chen R ; Masson PH
TI – ARG1 (Altered response to gravity) encodes a DnaJ-like protein that potentially interacts with the cytoskeleton
SO – Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999 Feb 2;96(3):1140-5
(PI= P.H. Masson)

9
TI – Life sciences: microgravity research. Proceedings of the F1.2, F1.3, F1.4, F1.5 and F1.7 Symposia of COSPAR Scientific Commission F which was held during the Thirty-first COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Birmingham, U.K., 14-21 July 1996.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;21(8-9):1043-346.
(Six papers with PIs listed below; 37 other papers by non-PIs)

10
AU – Kessler JO ; Hill NA ; Strittmatter R ; Wiseley D
TI – Sedimenting particles and swimming micro-organisms in a rotating fluid.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;21(8-9):1269-75.
(PI= J.O. Kessler)

11
AU – Reddy AS ; Kao YL ; Mykles DL ; Sadeh WZ ; Wheeler RM
TI – A ground-based study for a shuttle BRIC experiment on gravity effects on gene expression.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;21(8-9):1219-24.
(PI= A.S. Reddy)

12
AU – Kiss JZ ; Guisinger MM ; Miller AJ
TI – What is the threshold amount of starch necessary for full gravitropic sensitivity?
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;21(8-9):1197-202.
(PI= J.Z. Kiss)

13
AU – Cook ME ; Croxdale JL ; Tibbitts TW ; Goins G ; Brown CS ; Wheeler RM
TI – Development and growth of potato tubers in microgravity.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;21(8-9):1103-10.
(PIs= T.W. Tibbitts and C.S. Brown)

14
AU – Riley DA
TI – Review of primary spaceflight-induced and secondary reloading-induced changes in slow antigravity muscles of rats.
RF – REVIEW ARTICLE: 8 REFS.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;21(8-9):1073-5.
(PI= D.A. Riley)

15
AU – Duke PJ ; Montufar-Solis D ; Hamazaki T ; Sato A
TI – Clinorotation reduces number, but not size, of cartilaginous nodules formed in micromass cultures of mouse limbbud cells.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;21(8-9):1065-72.
(PI= P.J. Duke)

16
TI – Life sciences: space flight and the central nervous system: the potential independent and synergistic effects of microgravity and radiation. Proceedings of the F2.4 Symposium of COSPAR Scientific Commission F which was held during the Thirty-first COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Birmingham, U.K., 14-21 July 1996.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;22(2):169-309.
(Five papers with PIs listed below; 11 other papers by non-PIs)

17
AU – Rabin BM ; Joseph JA ; Erat S
TI – Effects of exposure to different types of radiation on behaviors mediated by peripheral or central systems.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;22(2):217-25.
(PI= B.M. Rabin)

18
AU – Joseph JA ; Erat S ; Rabin BM
TI – CNS effects of heavy particle irradiation in space: behavioral implications.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;22(2):209-16.
(PI= B.M. Rabin)

19
AU – Fox RA ; Daunton NG ; Corcoran ML
TI – Study of adaptation to altered gravity through systems analysis of motor control.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;22(2):245-53.
(PIs= R.A. Fox and N.G. Daunton)

20
AU – D’Amelio F ; Fox RA ; Wu LC ; Daunton NG ; Corcoran ML
TI – Effects of microgravity on muscle and cerebral cortex: a suggested interaction.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;22(2):235-44.
(PIs= F. D’Amelio, R.A. Fox and N.G. Daunton)

21
AU – Curtis SB ; Vazquez ME ; Wilson JW ; Atwell W ; Kim M ; Capala J
TI – Cosmic ray hit frequencies in critical sites in the central nervous system.
SO – Adv Space Res. 1998;22(2):197-207.
(PIs= S.B. Curtis and J.W. Wilson)


March 5, 1999

1
AU – Lucas JN ; Deng W ; Oram SW ; Hill FS ; Durante M ; George K ; Wu H ; Owens CL ; Yang T
TI – Theoretical and experimental tests of a chromosomal fingerprint for densely ionizing radiation based on F ratios calculated from stable and unstable chromosome aberrations.
SO – Radiat Res. 1999 Jan;151(1):85-91.
(PI= T. Yang)

2
AU – Austin MT ; Davis TL ; Robertson D ; Charles PD
TI – Multiple system atrophy: clinical presentation and diagnosis.v
SO – Tenn Med. 1999 Feb;92(2):55-7.
(PI= D. Robertson)

3
AU – Schlegel TT ; Benavides EW ; Barker DC ; Brown TE ; Harm DL ; DeSilva SJ ; Low PA
TI – Cardiovascular and Valsalva responses during parabolic flight.
SO – J Appl Physiol. 1998 Nov;85(5):1957-65.
(PI= T.T. Schlegel)

4
AU – Widrick JJ ; Norenberg KM ; Romatowski JG ; Blaser CA ; Karhanek M ; Sherwood J ; Trappe SW ; Trappe TA ; Costill DL ; Fitts RH
TI – Force-velocity-power and force-pCa relationships of human soleus fibers after 17 days of bed rest.
SO – J Appl Physiol. 1998 Nov;85(5):1949-56.
(PI= R.H. Fitts)

5
AU – Geary GG ; Krause DN ; Purdy RE ; Duckles SP
TI – Simulated microgravity increases myogenic tone in rat cerebral arteries.
SO – J Appl Physiol. 1998 Nov;85(5):1615-21.
(PI= R.E. Purdy)

6
AU – Satomura K ; Derubeis AR ; Fedarko NS ; Ibaraki-O’Connor K ; Kuznetsov SA ; Rowe DW ; Young MF ; Gehron Robey P
TI – Receptor tyrosine kinase expression in human bone marrow stromal cells.
SO – J Cell Physiol. 1998 Dec;177(3):426-38.
(PI= D.W. Rowe)

7
AU – Conger BV ; Tomasewski Z Jr ; McDaniel JK ; Vasilenko A
TI – Spaceflight reduces somatic embryogenesis in orchardgrass (Poaceae).
SO – Plant Cell Environ 1998 Nov;21(11):1197-203.
(PI= B.V. Conger)

8
AU – Collings DA ; Winter H ; Wyatt SE ; Allen NS
TI – Growth dynamics and cytoskeleton organization during stem maturation and gravity-induced stem bending in Zea mays L.
SO – Planta 1998 Dec;207(2):246-58.
(PI= N.S. Allen/E. Davies: NCSU NSCORT)

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