The minimum duration of microgravity experience during space flight which affects the development of the roll induced vestibuloocular reflex in an amphibian (Xenopus laevis)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-174

  Sebastian, Claudia ^a   Horn, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Development; Malformation; Microgravity; Minimum spaceflight duration; Vestibuloocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-55 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-84 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ANIMALS; LARVA; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; ROTATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WEIGHTLESSNESS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0032480245     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00633-8     Document Type: Article

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