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May 27, 2011 Current Awareness
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- Pierson DL, Mehta SK, Gilden D, Cohrs RJ, Nagel MA, Schmid DS, Tyring SK. Varicella zoster virus DNA at inoculation sites and in saliva after Zostavax immunization. J Infect Dis. 2011 Jun 1;203(11):1542-5. (PI: D.L. Pierson) Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
- Villasana LE, Benice TS, Raber J. Long-term effects of (56)Fe irradiation on spatial memory of mice: Role of sex and apolipoprotein E isoform. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Jun 1;80(2):567-73. (PI: J. Raber)
- Moore ST, Dilda V, MacDougall HG. Galvanic vestibular stimulation as an analogue of spatial disorientation after spaceflight. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2011 May;82(5):535-42. (PI: S.T. Moore)
- Kumar P, Millar KD, Kiss JZ. Inflorescence stems of the mdr1 mutant display altered gravitropism and phototropism. Environ Exp Bot. 2011 Feb;70(2-3):244-50. (PI: J.Z. Kiss)
- Kanas N. Expedition to Mars: Psychological, interpersonal, and psychiatric issues. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct-Nov;12:3741-7. (PI: N. Kanas) Note: This issue of the Journal of Cosmology, entitled "The Human Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet," contains 54 articles on this topic. Eight articles are listed in this section and six are listed in the Other section. They are review-type articles and are available online without charge. Table of Contents (scroll down).
- Doarn CR, Williams D, Nicogossian AE, Williams RS. Medical care for a Mars transit mission and extended stay on the Martian surface. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3758-67.
- Carpenter RD, Lang TF, Bloomfield SA, Bloomberg JJ, Judex S, Keyak JH, Midura RJ, Pajevic PD, Spatz JM. Effects of long-duration spaceflight, microgravity, and radiation on the neuromuscular, sensorimotor, and skeletal systems. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3778-80. (PIs: T.F. Lang, S.A. Bloomfield, J.J. Bloomberg, S. Judex, R.J. Midura)
- Moore ST, MacDougall HG. Journey to Mars: Physiological effects and operational consequences of long-duration microgravity exposure. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3781-93. (PI: S.T. Moore)
- Qin YX. Challenges to the musculoskeleton during a journey to Mars: Assessment and counter measures. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3794-806. (PI: Y.X. Qin)
- Summers RL, Coleman TG. The Digital Astronaut: Theoretical conception of physiologic adaptations to the Mars environment. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3807-16.
- Shelhamer M, Beaton K. Mission to Mars: Training and maintenance of sensorimotor responses considerations based on context-specific adaptation. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3817-24. (PI: M. Shelhamer)
- Straume T, Blattnig S, Zeitlin C. Radiation hazards and the colonization of Mars: Brain, body, pregnancy, in-utero development, cardio, cancer, degeneration. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3992-4033.
Other papers of interest:
- Zheng L, Liu JZ, Hu YW, Zhong TY, Xiong SL, Wang W, Wang Q. Simulated microgravity, erythroid differentiation, and the expression of transcription factor GATA-1 in CD34+ cells. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2011 May;82(5):513-7.
- Rosales-Velderrain A, Cardno M, Mateus J, Kumar R, Schlabs T, Hargens AR. Toe blood pressure and leg muscle oxygenation with body posture. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2011 May;82(5):531-4.
- Cysarz D, Van Leeuwen P, Edelhäuser F, Montano N, Porta A. Binary symbolic dynamics classifies heart rate variability patterns linked to autonomic modulations. Comput Biol Med. 2011 May 13. [Epub ahead of print]
- Vinik AI, Maser RE, Ziegler D. Autonomic imbalance: Prophet of doom or scope for hope? Diabet Med. 2011 Jun;28(6):643-51. Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
- Hazell TJ, Lemon PW. Synchronous whole-body vibration increases VO(2) during and following acute exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2011 May 15. [Epub ahead of print]
- Roschel H, Barroso R, Batista M, Ugrinowitsch C, Tricoli V, Arsati F, Lima-Arsati YB, Araújo VC, Moreira A. Do whole-body vibration exercise and resistance exercise modify concentrations of salivary cortisol and immunoglobulin A? Braz J Med Biol Res. 2011 May 13. [Epub ahead of print] Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
- Frings-Meuthen P, Buehlmeier J, Baecker N, Stehle P, Fimmers R, May F, Kluge G, Heer M. High sodium chloride intake exacerbates immobilization-induced bone resorption and protein losses. J Appl Physiol. 2011 May 19. [Epub ahead of print] Note: This bed rest study, called "Salty Life 7," was part of a series of "Salty Life" studies, which are a "series of several metabolic ward studies at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) dealing with the impact of NaCl on several physiological systems."
- Grimston SK, Goldberg DB, Watkins M, Brodt MD, Silva MJ, Civitelli R. Connexin43 deficiency reduces the sensitivity of cortical bone to the effects of muscle paralysis. J Bone Miner Res. 2011 May 16. [Epub ahead of print]
- Nurmio M, Joki H, Kallio J, Määttä JA, Kalervo VH, Toppari J, Jahnukainen K, Laitala-Leinonen T. Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibition causes simultaneous bone loss and excess bone formation within growing bone in rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2011 May 4. [Epub ahead of print]
- Chen D, Zhao CM. The possible existence of a gut-bone axis suggested by studies of genetically manipulated mouse models? Curr Pharm Des. 2011 May 6. [Epub ahead of print]
- Rannou F, Pennec JP, Morel J, Gueret G, Leschiera R, Droguet M, Gioux M, Giroux-Metges MA. Nav 1.4 and Nav 1.5 are modulated differently during muscle immobilization and contractile phenotype conversion. J Appl Physiol. 2011 May 19. [Epub ahead of print]
- Kachaeva EV, Turtikova OV, Ushakov IB, Orlov OI, Shenkman BS. Postural muscle recovery under lowered oxygen concentration after prolonged disuse. Dokl Biochem Biophys. 2011 Mar-Apr;437(1):102-4. Epub 2011 May 18. Note: This paper is a translation in English of the Russian original published in Doklady Akademii Nauk 2011;437(6):833-6.
- Mendias CL, Kayupov E, Bradley JR, Brooks SV, Claflin DR. Decreased specific force and power production of muscle fibers from myostatin-deficient mice are associated with a suppression of protein degradation. J Appl Physiol. 2011 May 12. [Epub ahead of print]
- Møllerløkken A, Gaustad SE, Havnes MB, Gutvik CR, Hjelde A, Wisløff U, Brubakk AO. Venous gas embolism as a predictive tool for improving CNS decompression safety. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2011 May 19. [Epub ahead of print] Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
- Nguyen DH, Oketch-Rabah HA, Illa-Bochaca I, Geyer FC, Reis-Filho JS, Mao JH, Ravani SA, Zavadil J, Borowsky AD, Jerry DJ, Dunphy KA, Seo JH, Haslam S, Medina D, Barcellos-Hoff MH. Radiation acts on the microenvironment to affect breast carcinogenesis by distinct mechanisms that decrease cancer latency and affect tumor type. Cancer Cell. 2011 May 17;19(5):640-51. Note: The publisher's abstract includes a graphical abstract.
- Toburen LH. Challenges in Monte Carlo track structure modelling. Int J Radiat Biol. 2011 May 19. [Epub ahead of print]
- Chen Y, Ahmad S. Empirical model estimation of relative biological effectiveness for proton beam therapy. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2011 May 18. [Epub ahead of print]
- Nooij SA, Groen EL. Rolling into spatial disorientation: Simulator demonstration of the post-roll (Gillingham) illusion. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2011 May;82(5):505-12.
- Wagner LS, Oakley SR, Vang P, Noble BN, Cevette MJ, Stepanek JP. Hypoxia-induced changes in standing balance. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2011 May;82(5):518-22.
- Tribukait A, Grönkvist M, Eiken O. The perception of roll tilt in pilots during a simulated coordinated turn in a gondola centrifuge. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2011 May;82(5):523-30.
- Frissen I, Campos JL, Souman JL, Ernst MO. Integration of vestibular and proprioceptive signals for spatial updating. Exp Brain Res. 2011 May 18. [Epub ahead of print]
- Schomaker J, Tesch J, Bülthoff HH, Bresciani JP. It is all me: The effect of viewpoint on visual-vestibular recalibration. Exp Brain Res. 2011 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
- Ohshiro T, Angelaki DE, DeAngelis GC. A normalization model of multisensory integration. Nat Neurosci. 2011 Jun;14(6):775-82. Epub 2011 May 8. Note: A News and Views article comments on this research.
- Hardin J. Mechanotransduction: Getting morphogenesis down pat. Curr Biol. 2011 May 10;21(9):R309-11. Note: This is a comment on an article in Nature that appeared in the 3/11/11 Current Awareness list.
- Husson J, Chemin K, Bohineust A, Hivroz C, Henry N. Force generation upon T cell receptor engagement. PLoS One. 2011 May 10;6(5):e19680. Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
- Cockell CS, Rettberg P, Rabbow E, Olsson-Francis K. Exposure of phototrophs to 548 days in low Earth orbit: Microbial selection pressures in outer space and on early Earth. ISME J. 2011 May 19. [Epub ahead of print] Note: ISS results.
- Raggio J, Pintado A, Ascaso C, De La Torre R, De Los Ríos A, Wierzchos J, Horneck G, Sancho LG. Whole lichen thalli survive exposure to space conditions: Results of Lithopanspermia experiment with Aspicilia fruticulosa. Astrobiology. 2011 May;11(4):281-92. Epub 2011 May 5. Note: Foton results.
- Vandenbussche FJ, Suslov D, De Grauwe L, Leroux O, Vissenberg K, Van Der Straeten D. The role of brassinosteroids in shoot gravitropism. Plant Physiol. 2011 May 12. [Epub ahead of print] Note: This article may temporarily be obtained online without charge.
- Stuster J. Acceptable risk: The human mission to Mars. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3566-77.
- Harrison AA, Fiedler ER. Mars, human hactors and behavioral health. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3685-93.
- Fiedler ER, Harrison AA. Psychosocial adaptation to a Mars mission. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3694-710.
- Bishop SL. Moving to Mars: There and back again. Stress and the psychology and culture of crew and astronaut. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3711-22.
- Suedfeld P. Mars: Anticipating the next great exploration. Psychology, culture and camaraderie. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3723-40.
- Marcal H, Burns BP, Blaber E. A human mission to Mars: A bioastronautics analysis of biomedical risks. J Cosmol. 2010 Oct- Nov;12:3748-57.