Altered gravity effects on mothers and offspring: the importance of maternal behavior |
| |
Authors: | Ronca A E |
| |
Affiliation: | Developmental Gravitational Biology Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA. |
| |
Abstract: | In this paper, I review and discuss recent studies of pregnant, parturient and lactating rat mothers and neonates exposed to hypo- and hypergravity. These studies are revealing new insights into how deviations form Earth-normal gravity may affect fundamental reproductive and ontogenetic processes in mammals. By way of background, I will first briefly summarize the spaceflights that have carried mammalian mothers and their offspring into space. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|