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OFO experimental techniques and preliminary conclusions - Is artificial gravity needed during prolonged weightlessness.The technique of single unit recording from body systems generating electrical pulses coherent with their basic function (CNS, muscles, sense organs) has been proved feasible during the OFO A orbital flight, an automatic physiological experiment. The results of recording 155 hours of orbital flight of pulses from the nerve fibres of four vestibular gravity sensors in two bull frogs indicate that the vestibular organ adjusts to zero g. As all the other biological changes observed during orbit are due to lack of exercise, it is concluded that artificial gravity might not be necessary during prolonged space missions or on low gravity celestial bodies.
Document ID
19720059725
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Gualtierotti, T.
Bracchi, F.
(Milano, Universita Milan, Italy)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1972
Subject Category
Biosciences
Accession Number
72A43391
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-2211
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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