ISSN:
1573-8221
Keywords:
weightlessness
;
nervous system
;
peripheral analyzers
;
Xenopus laevis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The study was carried out within the framework of a Russian-Canadian experiment aboard the Bion-10 satellite. The volume and surface area of the gray and white matter and ventricles of the brain, retina, olfactory placodes, the VIII nerve ganglia, and vascular plexus were measured inXenopus laevis which had been in a state of weight-lessness for 2 weeks since their hatching. Zero gravity was found to stimulate the growth of nerve processes, to increase the surface of the vascular plexus, and to impede the development of the retina, olfactory placodes, and VIII nerve ganglia.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02443709
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