Developmental, Reproductive & Evolutionary Biology Program
Publications
Research into reproduction and development in space provided valuable insights into mammalian biology under microgravity conditions. While this area of investigation has concluded as an active research focus, the scientific contributions from this work continue to inform our understanding of space biology.
Check out these publications from participating NASA scientists, Principal Investigators, and contributors from universities and labs around the world:
Developmental, nutritional and hormonal anomalies of weightlessness-grown wheat.
Carman, J. G., Hole, P., Salisbury, F. B., & Bingham, G. E. (2015). Life Sci Space Res (Amst), 6, 59-68. DOI:10.1016/j.lssr.2015.07.005
L-Dopa Reverses Behavioral Deficits In The Pitx3 Mouse Fetus.
Behavioral Neuroscience, 2014 Dec;128(6):749-59
Kleven, G.A., Booth, H.M., Voogd, M., & Ronca, A.E.
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000016.
Effects Of Sex And Gender On Adaptation To Space: Reproductive Considerations.
Journal of Women’s Health (Larchmt). 2014 Nov;23(11):967-74.
Ronca, A.E., Baker, E.S., Bavendam, T.G., Beck, K.D., Miller, V.M., Tash, J.S., Jenkins, M.
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4915.
Mammalian Reproduction and Development on the International Space Station (ISS): Proceedings of the Rodent Mark III Habitat Workshop.
Gravitational and Space Research, 2013 Oct 31;1(1):107-123.
Ronca, A.E., Alwood, J.S., Globus, R.K., & Souza, K.S.
Spaceflight Enhances Cell Aggregation and Random Budding in Candida albicans.
Crabbe, A….Nickerson, C.A. (2013). PLoS One, 4;8(12):e80677. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0080677
Hypergravity disruption of homeorhetic adaptations to lactation in rat dams include changes in circadian clocks.
Casey T, Zakrzewska EI, Maple RL, Lintault L, Wade CE, Baer LA, Ronca AE, Plaut K. Biology Open. 2012 Jun 15;1(6):570-81. Epub 2012 Apr 30.
Translating Basic Research To Astronaut Health In Space: NASA Ames Rodent Specimen Biobanking For The Human Research Program.
Gravitational Physiology, in press.
Ronca, A.E., Smith, J.D., & French, A.J.
Overview Of Translational Cell And Animal Research Managed By Ames: 1965 – 2012.
Gravitational Physiology, in press.
Mains, R.F., Smith, J.D., Alwood, J.S., French, A.J., & Ronca, A.E.
