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Comparison of the Physiology of the Spaceflight and Hindlimb Suspended RatThe suspended rat has been used extensively as a simulation of the spaceflight animal. In suspension, hindlimbs are unloaded from the acceleration of gravity, much as they are in spaceflight. Comparisons of data from spaceflight (microgravity) and suspended (1G) rats have suggested that suspension my be an appropriate model, but no direct comparisons had been made between the spaceflight and suspended rat. Cosmos 2044 afforded the first opportunity to directly compare the effects of hindlimb suspension (HS) and spaceflight (SF) on a broad range of physiological and histological parameters. This paper reports on the comparison of skelton, skeletal muscle, heart, neural, pulmonary, kidney, liver, intestine, blood plasma, immune function, red blood cells, and endocrine and reproductive functions and systems.
Document ID
19960029007
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Grindeland, R. E.
(NASA Moffett Field, CA United States)
Booth, F. W.
(Texas Univ. Houston, TX United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: US Experiments Flown on the Soviet Biosatellite Cosmos 2044
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
96N29602
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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