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Morphological study of the hearts of rats carried on board biosatellites

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The hearts of rats carried on board the biosatellites “Kosmos-605” and “Kosmos-782” were studied histologically and histochemically. A long space flight (up to 22 days) did not cause any significant structural or metabolic changes to develop in the heart. The absolute weight of the heart also was unchanged. A transient increase in phosphorylase activity in the myocardium of the rats 10–11 h after the end of the flight was due to stress resulting from exposure to the combination of extremal factors accompanying landing of the satellite.

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    V. V. Portugalov (Corresponding Member)

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  1. A. S. Kaplanskii
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  2. G. N. Durnova
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Institute of Medico-Biological Problems, Ministry of Health of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 83, No. 4, pp. 485–486, April, 1977.

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Kaplanskii, A.S., Durnova, G.N. & Portugalov, V.V. Morphological study of the hearts of rats carried on board biosatellites. Bull Exp Biol Med 83, 573–575 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00807511

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