Comparative analysis of the skeletal changes in tetrapods after brief influence of microgravity

V B Nikitin; V I Gulimova; E A Ilyin; V E Asadchikov; A V Buzmakov; I L Okshtein; S V Saveliev

Comparative analysis of the skeletal changes in tetrapods after brief influence of microgravity

J Gravit Physiol. 2007 Jul;14(1):P103-4.

Authors

V B Nikitin¹, V I Gulimova, E A Ilyin, V E Asadchikov, A V Buzmakov, I L Okshtein, S V Saveliev

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Human Morphology, ul. Tsurupi-3, Moscow, Russia.

PMID: 18372720

Abstract

Experiments involving lower tetrapods demonstrate that the degree of skeletal demineralization in spaceflights is related to the type of environmental behaviour of the animal. Probably the sensing of support reaction decreases the negative effect of spaceflight upon the bone tissue.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Absorptiometry, Photon
Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Bone Demineralization, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Bone Demineralization, Pathologic / physiopathology*
Bone Density*
Lizards*
Space Flight
Weightlessness*