Feasibility of a Short-Arm Centrifuge for Mouse Hypergravity Experiments.

To elucidate the pure impact of microgravity on small mammals despite uncontrolled factors that exist in the International Space Station, it is necessary to construct a 1 g environment in space. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has developed a novel mouse habitat cage unit that can be installe...

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Main Authors: Hironobu Morita, Koji Obata, Chikara Abe, Dai Shiba, Masaki Shirakawa, Takashi Kudo, Satoru Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4519191?pdf=render