Morphometric investigations of sensory vestibular structures in tadpoles (Xenopus laevis) after a spaceflight: Implications for microgravity-induced alterations of the vestibuloocular reflex

Protoplasma

Volumn 229, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 193-203

  Horn, E ^a   Boser S ^a   Membre, H ^b   Dournon, C ^b   Husson, D ^c   Gualandris Parisot, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Behavior; CalBindin protein; Immunohistochemistry; Microgravity; Sensory cell; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HAIR CELL; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; WEIGHTLESSNESS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; LARVA; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SPACE FLIGHT; VESTIBULE; WEIGHTLESSNESS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33748415923     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-006-0213-z     Document Type: Article

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