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Life on the earth including neuronal systems and the human brain has developed under the presence of a variety of external parameters including chemicals, light, electromagnetic fields and gravity. Among all these parameters the only one which has been really constant over all the time is gravity, which has been 1g since ever. As a consequence, most organisms, from single cells to complex systems, have developed gravity sensing structures or even complex organs. Mainly these structures are used for orientation in an otherwise variable environment.
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Wiedemann, M., Kohn, F.P.M., Roesner, H., Hanke, W.R.L. (2011). Introduction. In: Self-organization and Pattern-formation in Neuronal Systems Under Conditions of Variable Gravity. Nonlinear Physical Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14472-1_1
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