Teratogenic effects of gravitational changes

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Aug 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994adspr..14..281d&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 14, Issue 8, p. 281-287.

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In investigating the effect of gravitational changes on development, it is instructive to think of altered gravity (Δg) as a teratogen - that is, an environmental factor influencing development. Observed effects on skeletal development include: suppression of morphogenesis in centrifuged mouse limb buds; advanced fusion stages in centrifuged mouse palates; smaller crown rump lengths (CRL) and decreased number of pregnancies in centrifuged rats and mice; altered differentiation of growth plates in young growing rats in space; and decreased length of calcified long bone regions in fetal rats exposed to microgravity (μg) in utero. These studies show that Δg is able to alter development in vivo and in vitro and suggest that Δg operates, at least in part, at the cellular level.

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