April E Ronca

About

Work

NASA Ames Research Center
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Senior Scientist

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Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Molecular Medicine & Translational Science

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NASA Ames Research Center
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Discipline Scientist

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NASA Ames Research Center
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Director, Neurobehavioral & Sex Differences Laboratory

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Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Director of Translational Women's Health Research

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Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Molecular Medicine & Translational Science

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NASA Ames Research Center
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Director, Neurobiology & Development Laboratory

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Indiana University
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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

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Precision Medicine for Long and Safe Permanence of Humans in Space

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book-chapter

Impact of Female Space Travel on Progeny Health

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preprint

A second space age spanning omics, platforms and medicine across orbits.

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Nature

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journal-article

Sexual dimorphism during integrative endocrine and immune responses to ionizing radiation in mice

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Scientific Reports

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journal-article

Impact of near continuous low dose rate neutron irradiation on pregnancy outcomes in mice.

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NPJ microgravity

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Sex-specific cardiovascular adaptations to simulated microgravity in Sprague-Dawley rats.

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NPJ microgravity

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Galactic Cosmic Irradiation Alters Acute and Delayed Species-Typical Behavior in Male and Female Mice

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Life

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journal-article

Assessment of Endocrine and Immune Responses to Simulated Ionizing Radiation

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Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC

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conference-paper

Galactic Cosmic Irradiation Alters Acute and Delayed Species-Typical Behavior in Male and Female Mice

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Life

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Extraterrestrial Gynecology: Could Spaceflight Increase the Risk of Developing Cancer in Female Astronauts? An Updated Review

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International Journal of Molecular Sciences

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Neuro-consequences of the spaceflight environment

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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

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Rodents as a Model for Research in Space

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Handbook of Space Pharmaceuticals

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other

Placenta-expanded stromal cell therapy in a rodent model of simulated weightlessness

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Cells

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journal-article

Neuro-consequences of the spaceflight environment.

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Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

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Effects of spaceflight aboard the International Space Station on mouse estrous cycle and ovarian gene expression

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npj Microgravity

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Overexpression of catalase in mitochondria mitigates changes in hippocampal cytokine expression following simulated microgravity and isolation.

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NPJ microgravity

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Overexpression of catalase in mitochondria mitigates changes in hippocampal cytokine expression following simulated microgravity and isolation

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npj Microgravity

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Placenta-Expanded Stromal Cell Therapy in a Rodent Model of Simulated Weightlessness.

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Cells

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Validation of a New Rodent Experimental System to Investigate Consequences of Long Duration Space Habitation

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Scientific Reports

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Influence of Social Isolation During Prolonged Simulated Weightlessness by Hindlimb Unloading

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Frontiers in Physiology

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Author Correction: Behavior of mice aboard the International Space Station (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (4717), 10.1038/s41598-019-40789-y)

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Scientific Reports

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Behavior of mice aboard the International Space Station

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Scientific Reports

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Rodents as a Model for Research in Space

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Handbook of Space Pharmaceuticals

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other

Oxidative stress as cause, consequence, or biomarker of altered female reproduction and development in the space environment

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International Journal of Molecular Sciences

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From the bench to exploration medicine: NASA life sciences translational research for human exploration and habitation missions

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npj Microgravity

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Intrauterine exposure to maternal stress alters Bdnf IV DNA methylation and telomere length in the brain of adult rat offspring

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International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

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Fetal and birth experiences: Proximate effects, developmental consequences, epigenetic legacies

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Fetal Development: Research on Brain and Behavior, Environmental Influences, and Emerging Technologies

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book-chapter

Translational Cell and Animal Research in Space: 1965-2011

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NASA

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book

Translating basic research to astronaut health in space: NASA Ames rodent specimen biobanking for the Human Research Program.

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Gravitational and Space Research

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L-dopa reverses behavioral deficits in the Pitx3 mouse fetus

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Behavioral Neuroscience

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Effects of sex and gender on adaptations to space: Reproductive health

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Journal of Women's Health

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Development on the International Space Station (ISS): Proceedings of the Rodent Mark III Habitat Workshop.

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Gravitational and Space Research

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Longitudinal 1H MRS of rat forebrain from infancy to adulthood reveals adolescence as a distinctive phase of neurometabolite development

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NMR in Biomedicine

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Longitudinal <sup>1</sup>H MRS of rat forebrain from infancy to adulthood reveals adolescence as a distinctive phase of neurometabolite development

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NMR in Biomedicine

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Prenatal ontogeny of the dopamine-dependent neurobehavioral phenotype in Pitx3-deficient mice

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European Journal of Neuroscience

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Perinatal asphyxia impairs vestibular righting responses in neonatal rats

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Gravitational and Space Biology

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The Experience of Being Born: A Natural Context for Learning to Suckle

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Increased intrauterine pressure (IUP) magnitude during labor at 1.5-g revealed by telemetry in freely moving pregnant rats

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Gravitational and Space Biology

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Heart rate correlates of behavioral function in developmentally impaired infants and children

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Cognitive Science: Contributions to Educational Practice

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book-chapter

Hypergravity disruption of homeorhetic adaptations to lactation in rat dams include changes in circadian clocks

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Biology Open

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Developing a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum for professionalism and scientific integrity training for biomedical graduate students

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Journal of Medical Ethics

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Along the gravity continuum: Perinatal studies and development at high g.

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Journal of Gravitational Physiology

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Prenatal behavior of the C57BL/6J mouse: A promising model for human fetal movement during early to mid-gestation

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Developmental Psychobiology

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Developmental space biology of mammals: Concepts and methods of study

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Source Book of Models for Biomedical Research

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book-chapter

Lipogenesis impaired in periparturient rats exposed to altered gravity is independent of prolactin and glucocorticoid secretion

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European Journal of Applied Physiology

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Orbital Spaceflight During Pregnancy Shapes Function of Mammalian Vestibular System

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Behavioral Neuroscience

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Tissue-specific variation in expression of prolactin receptor gene subtypes in hypergravity-exposed rats.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Changes in gravitational force and not food intake alter tissue metabolism and adversely affect neonatal survival,

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Journal of Applied Physiology

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Effects of spaceflight and increased gravity on reproductive processes of female mammals

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Gravitational & Space Biology

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In a hypergravity environment neonatal survival is adversely affected by alterations in dam tissue metabolism rather than reduced food intake

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Journal of Applied Physiology

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Maternal anesthesia via isoflurane or ether differentially affects pre-and postnatal behavior in rat offspring

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Developmental Psychobiology

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Tissue-specific variation in expression of prolactin receptor gene subtypes in hypergravity-exposed rats.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of labor contractions on catecholamine release and breathing frequency in newborn rats

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Behavioral Neuroscience

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Centrifugation effects on estrous cycle, mating success and pregnancy outcome.

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Journal of Gravitational Physiology

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Development as Adaptation: A Paradigm for Gravitational and Space Biology

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Advances in Space Biology and Medicine

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book

Prenatal centrifugation: A model for developmental programming of adult body weight?

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Association between gravitational force and tissue metabolism in periparturient rats.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Association between gravitational force and tissue metabolism in periparturient rats.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Association between gravitational force and tissue metabolism in periparturient rats.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of 2 G hypergravity exposure on Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of 2 G hypergravity exposure on Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of 2 G hypergravity exposure on Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of hypergravity on ovarian-hypophyseal function in antepartum and postpartum rats.

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Aviation, space, and environmental medicine

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Effects of hypergravity on mammary metabolic function: Gravity acts as a continuum

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Journal of Applied Physiology

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Effects of hypergravity on ovarian-hypophyseal function in anteparturn and postpartum rats

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Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

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Effects of hypergravity rearing on growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor in rat pups.

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Intrauterine pressure (IUP) telemetry in pregnant and parturient rats: Potential applications for spaceflight and centrifugation studies.

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Mammalian Development in Space

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Advances in Space Biology and Medicine

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Re-adaptation of late pregnant rats to 1g following spaceflight or centrifugation.

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Journal of Gravitational Physiology

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Relationship between gravity and mammary metabolism.

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Comments on Theoretical Biology

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Studies toward birth and early mammalian development in space

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Advances in Space Research

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Lack of effects of hypergravity on pregnancy maintenance and connexin 26 and 43 in the pregnant and postpartum uterus of rats.

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Hypergravity effects on pregnancy and parturition.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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journal-article

Effects of hypergravity exposure on plasma oxytocin concentrations in pregnant and lactating rat dams

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European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

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conference-paper

Hypergravity effects on pregnancy and parturition

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European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

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conference-paper

Models to study gravitational biology of mammalian reproduction

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Biology of Reproduction

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journal-article

Altered gravity effects on mothers and offspring: the importance of maternal behavior.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Altered gravity effects on mothers and offspring: the importance of maternal behavior.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Altered gravity effects on mothers and offspring: the importance of maternal behavior.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of hypergravity exposure on the developing central nervous system: Possible involvement of thyroid hormone

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Experimental Biology and Medicine

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Maternal Reproductive Experience Enhances Early Postnatal Outcome Following Gestation and Birth of Rats in Hypergravity

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Maternal reproductive experience enhances early postnatal outcome following gestation and birth of rats in hypergravity

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Biology of Reproduction

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Body mass, food and water intake, and activity of pregnant and lactating rat dams during 1.5-g centrifugation.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Body mass, food and water intake, and activity of pregnant and lactating rat dams during 1.5-g centrifugation.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Body mass, food and water intake, and activity of pregnant and lactating rat dams during 1.5-g centrifugation.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of microgravity on vestibular development and function in rats: Genetics and environment

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Korean journal of biological sciences

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Effects of prenatal spaceflight on vestibular responses in neonatal rats

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Journal of Applied Physiology

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Physiology of a microgravity environment selected contribution: Effects of spaceflight during pregnancy on labor and birth at 1 G

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Journal of Applied Physiology

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Survival and growth of developing rats during centrifugation at 2G.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Survival and growth of developing rats during centrifugation at 2G.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Survival and growth of developing rats during centrifugation at 2G.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Survival and growth of developing rats during centrifugation at 2g.

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Journal of Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of gravity on development: the importance of behavior.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of gravity on development: the importance of behavior.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Effects of gravity on development: the importance of behavior.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Perinatal stimulation facilitates suckling onset in newborn rats

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Developmental Psychobiology

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Altered vestibular function in fetal and newborn rats gestated in space.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Altered vestibular function in fetal and newborn rats gestated in space.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Altered vestibular function in fetal and newborn rats gestated in space.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Rat pregnancy and parturition survive spaceflight challenge: new considerations of developmental consequences.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Rat pregnancy and parturition survive spaceflight challenge: new considerations of developmental consequences.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Rat pregnancy and parturition survive spaceflight challenge: new considerations of developmental consequences.

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Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology

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Sampling of prenatal and postnatal offspring from individual rat dams enhances animal use without compromising development.

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Contemporary topics in laboratory animal science

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Sampling of prenatal and postnatal offspring from individual rat dams enhances animal use without compromising development.

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Contemporary topics in laboratory animal science

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Sampling of prenatal and postnatal offspring from individual rat dams enhances animal use without compromising development.

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Contemporary topics in laboratory animal science

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Perinatal stimulation and adaptation of the neonate.

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Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement

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Fetal behavior in developmental psychobiology.

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Developmental psychobiology

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Perinatal stimulation and adaptation of the neonate

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Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

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conference-paper

Sampling of Prenatal and Postnatal Offspring from Individual Rat Dams Enhances Animal Use Without Compromising Development

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Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

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journal-article

Cutaneous induction of breathing in perinatal rats

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Psychobiology

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journal-article

Maternal contributions to fetal experience and the transition from prenatal to postnatal life.

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Fetal Development: A Psychobiological Perspective

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book-chapter

Simulated uterine contractions facilitate fetal and newborn respiratory behavior in rats

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Physiology and Behavior

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journal-article

Proximal control of fetal rat behavior

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Developmental Psychobiology

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Sensory stimuli associated with gestation and parturition evoke cardiac and behavioral responses in fetal rats

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Psychobiology

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Fetal experience revealed by rats: psychobiological insights

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Early Human Development

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Fetal experience revealed by rats: psychobiological insights

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Early Human Development

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Maternal contributions to sensory experience in the fetal and newborn rat (Rattus norvegicus).

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Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983)

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Heart rate response of the rat fetus and neonate to a chemosensory stimulus

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Physiology and Behavior

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Heart rate development and sensory-evoked cardiac responses in perinatal rats

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Physiology and Behavior

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Brainstem Systems and Grooming Behaviors

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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book

Cardiac orienting and habituation to auditory and vibrotactile stimuli in the infant decerebrate rat

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Developmental Psychobiology

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Cardiac reactivity and adaptive behavior

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American Journal of Mental Deficiency

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Heart rate reactivity, habituation, and associative learning in developmentally disabled preschool children

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Physiological Psychology

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The decerebrate human: Associative learning

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Experimental Neurology

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The decerebrate human: Associative learning

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Experimental Neurology

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Antagonism of tertiary butanol by ACTH4-10, naloxone and dexamethasone.

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Substance and alcohol actions/misuse

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