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Light microscopic analysis of the gravireceptor in Xenopus larvae developed in hypogravity
W Briegleb1, J Neubert, A Schatz
1DFVLR, Institute for Aerospace Medicine, Köln, FRG.
Advances in Space Research : the Official Journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The paper describes an investigation of the influence of gravity on the early differentiation of gravity receptors in Xenopus embryos and larvae. There is evidence that the expression of crystals in the saccus endolymphaticus was statistically greater when the embryos developed in near weightlessness (hypogravity) than on earth. The function of these crystals is unknown but they may contribute to the functioning of the vestibular apparatus.
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NASA Experiment Number BW-STA 00