Effects of spaceflight and simulated weightlessness on longitudinal bone growth

Bone

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 535-540

  Sibonga, J D ^a   Zhang, M ^a   Evans, G L ^a   Westerlind, K C ^a   Cavolina, J M ^a   Morey Holton, E ^b   Turner, R T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth plate; Hind limb elevation; Rat bone elongation; Skeletal unloading; Spaceflight; Unilateral sciatic neurotomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATRIX; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH RATE; LEG LENGTHENING; LONG BONE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER CPPSE01; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER DC85LS04; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-41 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-56 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-57 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-62 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0033805850     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(00)00352-5     Document Type: Article

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