A closed loop life support system for determining metabolic gases produced by small animals
Closed loop life support system for determining metabolic gases from rats
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Closed loop life support system for determining metabolic gases from rats
Acceleration effects on functional activity of dog lymph glands
Tissue respiration and hydrogenase changes in gamma irradiated mice during acceleration
Hematological and pathomorphological changes in guinea pigs under simulated ionizing radiation and space flight conditions
Shielding effects on rat survival rates after gamma irradiation
Biochemical and metabolic effects of exposure of mice to helium-oxygen atmosphere
Pyridine nucleotide-linked D-lactate dehydrogenase stereospecificity in various species of invertebrates
Gravity preference tests on rats subjected to simulated Aerobee 150 A rocket launching and flight in ground based spiral centrifuge
Evidence for maintenance or breakdown of natural or acquired resistance of guinea pigs in simulated spacecraft environment
Lung weights of rats exposed to hyperoxic gas mixtures with He or no inert gas diluents substituting N2
Body vibration effects in cats on myocardial ECG recordings, discussing electrodes implantation and tracings
Long term helium-oxygen atmosphere effects on rats and mice, investigating biochemical and metabolic changes
Biological tests of fish and invertebrates exposed to Apollo 11 lunar surface material, noting absence of pathological effects
Chicken lymphopenia and body mass loss resulting in death from chronic restraint, developing physiologically unstressful restraint for space environmental testing
Artificial gravity selection by rats in centrifugal acceleration fields superimposed on weightlessness during sounding rocket flights
Four monkeys, 8 dogs, 40 mice, and 50 rats were exposed continuously to 2000 ppm Freon 113 in a Thomas Dome for 14 days. This exposure produced no mortalities nor adverse symptomology. There were no significant alterations in hematological values, clinical chemistries, electroencephalographic findings, body weights, or organ to body weight ratios. The effect of 2% Freon 113 on nicotinic transmission through the stellate ganglion of the spinal dog was also evaluated. The exposure induced a reduction in nicotinic transmission comparable to 2% halothane.
In assessing the biological response to space radiation, two of the most important modifying factors are dose protraction and dose distribution to the body. Studies are reported in which sheep and swine were used to compare the hematology and lethality response resulting from radiation exposure encountered in a variety of forms, including acute (high dose-rate), chronic (low dose-rate), combinations of acute and chronic, and whether received as a continuous or as fractionated exposure. While sheep and swine are basically similar in response to acute radiation, their sensitivity to chronic irradiation is markedly different. Sheep remain relatively sensitive as the radiation exposure is protracted while swine are more resistant and capable of surviving extremely large doses of chronic irradiation. This response to chronic irradiation correlated well with changes in radiosensitivity and recovery following an acute, sublethal exposure.
A review of echolocation mechanisms in marine mammals, chiefly porpoises, is given. Data cover peripheral auditory and central neurophysiological specializations favorable to the analysis of echolocating clicks and their echoes. Conclusions show (1) signals are received from 50 up to at least 135 kHz, (2) sound is received through the mandible skin, and (3) the midbrain sites are insensitive to low frequencies (below 6 kHz).