NASA Ames Research Center
|Senior Scientist
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April E Ronca
Work
Wake Forest School of Medicine
|Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Molecular Medicine & Translational Science
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NASA Ames Research Center
|Discipline Scientist
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NASA Ames Research Center
|Director, Neurobehavioral & Sex Differences Laboratory
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Wake Forest School of Medicine
|Director of Translational Women's Health Research
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Wake Forest School of Medicine
|Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Molecular Medicine & Translational Science
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NASA Ames Research Center
|Director, Neurobiology & Development Laboratory
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Indiana University
|Research Scientist
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Education
Indiana University
United States of America
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Postdoctoral Fellow
The Ohio State University
United States of America
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PhD
The Ohio State University
United States of America
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MS
The Ohio State University
United States of America
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BS
Publications
Women’s health in spaceflight
Precision Medicine for Long and Safe Permanence of Humans in Space
book-chapter
Impact of Female Space Travel on Progeny Health
preprint
A second space age spanning omics, platforms and medicine across orbits.
Nature
journal-article
Sexual dimorphism during integrative endocrine and immune responses to ionizing radiation in mice
Scientific Reports
journal-article
Impact of near continuous low dose rate neutron irradiation on pregnancy outcomes in mice.
NPJ microgravity
journal-article
Sex-specific cardiovascular adaptations to simulated microgravity in Sprague-Dawley rats.
NPJ microgravity
journal-article
Galactic Cosmic Irradiation Alters Acute and Delayed Species-Typical Behavior in Male and Female Mice
Life
journal-article
Assessment of Endocrine and Immune Responses to Simulated Ionizing Radiation
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
conference-paper
Galactic Cosmic Irradiation Alters Acute and Delayed Species-Typical Behavior in Male and Female Mice
Life
journal-article
Extraterrestrial Gynecology: Could Spaceflight Increase the Risk of Developing Cancer in Female Astronauts? An Updated Review
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
journal-article
Neuro-consequences of the spaceflight environment
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
journal-article
Rodents as a Model for Research in Space
Handbook of Space Pharmaceuticals
other
Placenta-expanded stromal cell therapy in a rodent model of simulated weightlessness
Cells
journal-article
Neuro-consequences of the spaceflight environment.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
journal-article
Effects of spaceflight aboard the International Space Station on mouse estrous cycle and ovarian gene expression
npj Microgravity
journal-article
Overexpression of catalase in mitochondria mitigates changes in hippocampal cytokine expression following simulated microgravity and isolation.
NPJ microgravity
journal-article
Overexpression of catalase in mitochondria mitigates changes in hippocampal cytokine expression following simulated microgravity and isolation
npj Microgravity
journal-article
Placenta-Expanded Stromal Cell Therapy in a Rodent Model of Simulated Weightlessness.
Cells
journal-article
Validation of a New Rodent Experimental System to Investigate Consequences of Long Duration Space Habitation
Scientific Reports
journal-article
Influence of Social Isolation During Prolonged Simulated Weightlessness by Hindlimb Unloading
Frontiers in Physiology
journal-article
Author Correction: Behavior of mice aboard the International Space Station (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (4717), 10.1038/s41598-019-40789-y)
Scientific Reports
journal-article
Behavior of mice aboard the International Space Station
Scientific Reports
journal-article
Rodents as a Model for Research in Space
Handbook of Space Pharmaceuticals
other
Oxidative stress as cause, consequence, or biomarker of altered female reproduction and development in the space environment
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
journal-article
From the bench to exploration medicine: NASA life sciences translational research for human exploration and habitation missions
npj Microgravity
journal-article
Intrauterine exposure to maternal stress alters Bdnf IV DNA methylation and telomere length in the brain of adult rat offspring
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
journal-article
Fetal and birth experiences: Proximate effects, developmental consequences, epigenetic legacies
Fetal Development: Research on Brain and Behavior, Environmental Influences, and Emerging Technologies
book-chapter
Translational Cell and Animal Research in Space: 1965-2011
NASA
book
Translating basic research to astronaut health in space: NASA Ames rodent specimen biobanking for the Human Research Program.
Gravitational and Space Research
journal-article
L-dopa reverses behavioral deficits in the Pitx3 mouse fetus
Behavioral Neuroscience
journal-article
Effects of sex and gender on adaptations to space: Reproductive health
Journal of Women's Health
journal-article
Development on the International Space Station (ISS): Proceedings of the Rodent Mark III Habitat Workshop.
Gravitational and Space Research
journal-article
Longitudinal 1H MRS of rat forebrain from infancy to adulthood reveals adolescence as a distinctive phase of neurometabolite development
NMR in Biomedicine
journal-article
Longitudinal 1H MRS of rat forebrain from infancy to adulthood reveals adolescence as a distinctive phase of neurometabolite development
NMR in Biomedicine
journal-article
Prenatal ontogeny of the dopamine-dependent neurobehavioral phenotype in Pitx3-deficient mice
European Journal of Neuroscience
journal-article
Perinatal asphyxia impairs vestibular righting responses in neonatal rats
Gravitational and Space Biology
journal-article
The Experience of Being Born: A Natural Context for Learning to Suckle
journal-article
Increased intrauterine pressure (IUP) magnitude during labor at 1.5-g revealed by telemetry in freely moving pregnant rats
Gravitational and Space Biology
journal-article
Heart rate correlates of behavioral function in developmentally impaired infants and children
Cognitive Science: Contributions to Educational Practice
book-chapter
Hypergravity disruption of homeorhetic adaptations to lactation in rat dams include changes in circadian clocks
Biology Open
journal-article
Developing a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum for professionalism and scientific integrity training for biomedical graduate students
Journal of Medical Ethics
journal-article
Along the gravity continuum: Perinatal studies and development at high g.
Journal of Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Prenatal behavior of the C57BL/6J mouse: A promising model for human fetal movement during early to mid-gestation
Developmental Psychobiology
journal-article
Developmental space biology of mammals: Concepts and methods of study
Source Book of Models for Biomedical Research
book-chapter
Lipogenesis impaired in periparturient rats exposed to altered gravity is independent of prolactin and glucocorticoid secretion
European Journal of Applied Physiology
journal-article
Orbital Spaceflight During Pregnancy Shapes Function of Mammalian Vestibular System
Behavioral Neuroscience
journal-article
Tissue-specific variation in expression of prolactin receptor gene subtypes in hypergravity-exposed rats.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Changes in gravitational force and not food intake alter tissue metabolism and adversely affect neonatal survival,
Journal of Applied Physiology
journal-article
Effects of spaceflight and increased gravity on reproductive processes of female mammals
Gravitational & Space Biology
journal-article
In a hypergravity environment neonatal survival is adversely affected by alterations in dam tissue metabolism rather than reduced food intake
Journal of Applied Physiology
journal-article
Maternal anesthesia via isoflurane or ether differentially affects pre-and postnatal behavior in rat offspring
Developmental Psychobiology
journal-article
Tissue-specific variation in expression of prolactin receptor gene subtypes in hypergravity-exposed rats.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of labor contractions on catecholamine release and breathing frequency in newborn rats
Behavioral Neuroscience
journal-article
Centrifugation effects on estrous cycle, mating success and pregnancy outcome.
Journal of Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Development as Adaptation: A Paradigm for Gravitational and Space Biology
Advances in Space Biology and Medicine
book
Prenatal centrifugation: A model for developmental programming of adult body weight?
journal-article
Association between gravitational force and tissue metabolism in periparturient rats.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Association between gravitational force and tissue metabolism in periparturient rats.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Association between gravitational force and tissue metabolism in periparturient rats.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of 2 G hypergravity exposure on Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of 2 G hypergravity exposure on Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of 2 G hypergravity exposure on Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of hypergravity on ovarian-hypophyseal function in antepartum and postpartum rats.
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
journal-article
Effects of hypergravity on mammary metabolic function: Gravity acts as a continuum
Journal of Applied Physiology
journal-article
Effects of hypergravity on ovarian-hypophyseal function in anteparturn and postpartum rats
Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine
journal-article
Effects of hypergravity rearing on growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor in rat pups.
journal-article
Intrauterine pressure (IUP) telemetry in pregnant and parturient rats: Potential applications for spaceflight and centrifugation studies.
journal-article
Mammalian Development in Space
Advances in Space Biology and Medicine
book
Re-adaptation of late pregnant rats to 1g following spaceflight or centrifugation.
Journal of Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Relationship between gravity and mammary metabolism.
Comments on Theoretical Biology
journal-article
Studies toward birth and early mammalian development in space
Advances in Space Research
journal-article
Lack of effects of hypergravity on pregnancy maintenance and connexin 26 and 43 in the pregnant and postpartum uterus of rats.
journal-article
Hypergravity effects on pregnancy and parturition.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of hypergravity exposure on plasma oxytocin concentrations in pregnant and lactating rat dams
European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
conference-paper
Hypergravity effects on pregnancy and parturition
European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
conference-paper
Models to study gravitational biology of mammalian reproduction
Biology of Reproduction
journal-article
Altered gravity effects on mothers and offspring: the importance of maternal behavior.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Altered gravity effects on mothers and offspring: the importance of maternal behavior.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Altered gravity effects on mothers and offspring: the importance of maternal behavior.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of hypergravity exposure on the developing central nervous system: Possible involvement of thyroid hormone
Experimental Biology and Medicine
journal-article
Maternal Reproductive Experience Enhances Early Postnatal Outcome Following Gestation and Birth of Rats in Hypergravity
other
Maternal reproductive experience enhances early postnatal outcome following gestation and birth of rats in hypergravity
Biology of Reproduction
journal-article
Body mass, food and water intake, and activity of pregnant and lactating rat dams during 1.5-g centrifugation.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Body mass, food and water intake, and activity of pregnant and lactating rat dams during 1.5-g centrifugation.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Body mass, food and water intake, and activity of pregnant and lactating rat dams during 1.5-g centrifugation.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of microgravity on vestibular development and function in rats: Genetics and environment
Korean journal of biological sciences
journal-article
Effects of prenatal spaceflight on vestibular responses in neonatal rats
Journal of Applied Physiology
journal-article
Physiology of a microgravity environment selected contribution: Effects of spaceflight during pregnancy on labor and birth at 1 G
Journal of Applied Physiology
journal-article
Survival and growth of developing rats during centrifugation at 2G.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Survival and growth of developing rats during centrifugation at 2G.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Survival and growth of developing rats during centrifugation at 2G.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Survival and growth of developing rats during centrifugation at 2g.
Journal of Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of gravity on development: the importance of behavior.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of gravity on development: the importance of behavior.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Effects of gravity on development: the importance of behavior.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Perinatal stimulation facilitates suckling onset in newborn rats
Developmental Psychobiology
journal-article
Altered vestibular function in fetal and newborn rats gestated in space.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Altered vestibular function in fetal and newborn rats gestated in space.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Altered vestibular function in fetal and newborn rats gestated in space.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Rat pregnancy and parturition survive spaceflight challenge: new considerations of developmental consequences.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Rat pregnancy and parturition survive spaceflight challenge: new considerations of developmental consequences.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Rat pregnancy and parturition survive spaceflight challenge: new considerations of developmental consequences.
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
journal-article
Sampling of prenatal and postnatal offspring from individual rat dams enhances animal use without compromising development.
Contemporary topics in laboratory animal science
journal-article
Sampling of prenatal and postnatal offspring from individual rat dams enhances animal use without compromising development.
Contemporary topics in laboratory animal science
journal-article
Sampling of prenatal and postnatal offspring from individual rat dams enhances animal use without compromising development.
Contemporary topics in laboratory animal science
journal-article
Perinatal stimulation and adaptation of the neonate.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement
journal-article
Fetal behavior in developmental psychobiology.
Developmental psychobiology
journal-article
Perinatal stimulation and adaptation of the neonate
Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement
conference-paper
Sampling of Prenatal and Postnatal Offspring from Individual Rat Dams Enhances Animal Use Without Compromising Development
Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science
journal-article
Cutaneous induction of breathing in perinatal rats
Psychobiology
journal-article
Maternal contributions to fetal experience and the transition from prenatal to postnatal life.
Fetal Development: A Psychobiological Perspective
book-chapter
Simulated uterine contractions facilitate fetal and newborn respiratory behavior in rats
Physiology and Behavior
journal-article
Proximal control of fetal rat behavior
Developmental Psychobiology
journal-article
Sensory stimuli associated with gestation and parturition evoke cardiac and behavioral responses in fetal rats
Psychobiology
journal-article
Fetal experience revealed by rats: psychobiological insights
Early Human Development
journal-article
Fetal experience revealed by rats: psychobiological insights
Early Human Development
journal-article
Maternal contributions to sensory experience in the fetal and newborn rat (Rattus norvegicus).
Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983)
journal-article
Heart rate response of the rat fetus and neonate to a chemosensory stimulus
Physiology and Behavior
journal-article
Heart rate development and sensory-evoked cardiac responses in perinatal rats
Physiology and Behavior
journal-article
Brainstem Systems and Grooming Behaviors
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
book
Cardiac orienting and habituation to auditory and vibrotactile stimuli in the infant decerebrate rat
Developmental Psychobiology
journal-article
Cardiac reactivity and adaptive behavior
American Journal of Mental Deficiency
journal-article
Heart rate reactivity, habituation, and associative learning in developmentally disabled preschool children
Physiological Psychology
journal-article
The decerebrate human: Associative learning
Experimental Neurology
journal-article
The decerebrate human: Associative learning
Experimental Neurology
journal-article
Antagonism of tertiary butanol by ACTH4-10, naloxone and dexamethasone.
Substance and alcohol actions/misuse
journal-article