Biochemical characteristics of β-adrenoceptors in rats after an 18-day spaceflight (LMS-STS78)

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1025-1028

  Fagette, Sophie ^a   Somody, Laurence ^a   Bouzeghrane, Fatiha ^a   Edward, Kathryn ^c   Briggs, Rita ^d   Viso, Michel ^b   Gallo Bona, Noelle ^a   Gharib, Claude ^a   Gauquelin, Guillemette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenoceptors; Affinity constant; Corticosteroids; Maximal binding capacity; Microgravity

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CYANOPINDOLOL I 125;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; HEART FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-78 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENALECTOMY; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DECONDITIONING; CORTICOSTERONE; KIDNEY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SPACE FLIGHT; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033387803     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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