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Space Life Sciences Subset on PubMed

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This strategy was developed by NLM and the NASA SPACELINE Office and is intended to retrieve citations of interest to those working in the field of space life sciences research. This subset can also be used in a search as space [sb].
Example: exercise AND space [sb]

Strategy last modified February 2006.


(spaceflight OR 
space exploration OR 
space medicine OR 
aviation medicine OR 
biosatellite OR 
biosatellites OR 
gravity OR 
gravistimulation OR 
g force OR 
microgravity OR 
zero gravity OR 
low gravity OR 
reduced gravity OR 
gravisensing OR 
graviresponse OR 
graviperception OR 
geotactic OR 
geotropism OR 
geotaxis OR 
increased gravity OR 
high gravity OR 
hindlimb immobilization OR 
hind limb immobilization OR 
tail suspension OR 
microgravity simulation OR 
weightlessness models OR 
orbital simulation OR 
cosmonauts OR cosmonaut OR 
space walk OR spacewalks OR 
hze particles OR 
solar activity OR 
solar flare OR 
solar flares OR 
solar particle event OR 
solar particle events OR 
gravity suit OR 
gravity suits OR 
antigravity suits OR 
antigravity suit OR 
celss OR 
sealed cabin ecology OR 
breadboard project OR 
closed ecological systems OR 
bioregenerative systems OR 
lower body negative pressure OR 
space motion sickness OR 
"space sickness" OR 
coriolis acceleration OR 
coriolis effect OR 
mars OR 
martian OR 
moon) OR


(albrecht-buehler g OR 
amidon gl OR 
angelaki de OR 
antipov vv OR 
arnaud sb OR 
badhwar gd OR 
baisch f OR 
balcer-kubiczek ek OR 
baldwin km OR 
benton ev OR 
berthoz a OR 
bikle d OR 
black fo OR 
blakely ea OR 
blomqvist cg OR 
bloomberg jj OR 
bonde-petersen f OR 
booth fw OR 
braam j OR 
briegleb w OR 
bucker h OR 
buckey j OR 
bugbee b OR 
bungo mw OR 
butler bd OR 
cann ce OR 
charles jb OR 
cintron n OR 
cogoli a OR 
cogoli-greuter m OR 
convertino v OR 
cowings p OR 
cucinotta f OR 
curtis sb OR 
czeisler ca OR 
danilchik mv OR 
daunton n OR 
dickman jd OR 
dose k OR 
doty sb OR 
dudley ga OR 
duke pj OR 
eckberg dl OR 
edgerton vr OR 
farhi le OR 
fitts rh OR 
fortney s OR 
fox ge OR 
frangos ja OR 
fuller ca OR 
gaffney fa OR 
ghadiri mr OR 
gharib c OR 
goldberger al OR 
greenisen m OR 
greenleaf je OR 
grindeland r OR 
guell a OR 
guikema ja OR 
hangarter r OR 
hargens a OR 
hasenstein kh OR 
helmreich r OR 
helmstetter c OR 
herskovits eh OR 
hinghofer-szalkay h OR 
hlastala mp OR 
hoban-higgins t OR 
homick j OR 
horneck g OR 
horrigan dj OR 
horwitz ba OR 
hughes-fulford m OR 
huntoon c OR 
ingber d OR 
janes hw OR 
jee ws OR 
kaufman pb OR 
keil lc OR 
kirsch ka OR 
knapp cf OR 
koch kl OR 
kozlovskaya i OR 
krikorian ad OR 
kronenberg a OR 
lackner jr OR 
lambertsen c OR 
landis w OR 
lane hw OR 
lange rd OR 
layne cs OR 
leach cs OR 
leblanc ad OR 
lett j OR 
lewis ng OR 
lintilhac pm OR 
loeppky j OR 
lomax t OR 
lysakowski a OR 
macelroy r OR 
mancinelli rl OR 
markham ch OR 
mcdonald pv OR 
mcfeters g OR 
mckay cp OR 
mckay ds OR 
mcnulty pj OR 
meehan rt OR 
merfeld d OR 
mergenhagen d OR 
money k OR 
moore-ede m OR 
morey er OR 
morey-holton e OR 
muday g OR 
murakami dm OR 
musgrave me OR 
nealson kh OR 
nevzgodina l OR 
nicogossian a OR 
oman c OR 
paloski wh OR 
parin v OR 
pawelczyk ja OR 
perachio a OR 
peshock r OR 
peterka r OR 
pickard bg OR 
pierson dl OR 
pilmanis a OR 
poovaiah bw OR 
prisk g OR 
purdy re OR 
raulin f OR 
raven pb OR 
reschke mf OR 
ronca ae OR 
ross md OR 
rothschild lj OR 
roux sj OR 
rowe dw OR 
rumbaugh d OR 
runnegar b OR 
sack fd OR 
salisbury f OR 
sams cf OR 
sauer rl OR 
schimmerling w OR 
schneider vs OR 
schor rh OR 
schwartz aw OR 
sinclair wk OR 
sonnenfeld g OR 
souza ka OR 
spangenberg db OR 
sulzman f OR 
tairbekov m OR 
tibbitts tw OR 
tipton cm OR 
tischler me OR 
tixador r OR 
tobias tc OR 
tomko dl OR 
"tomko d" [au] OR 
townsend lw OR 
vailas a OR 
vandenburgh h OR 
vann rd OR 
vatner sf OR 
vinnikov ia OR 
waldren ca OR 
waligora jm OR 
wall c 3rd OR 
west jb OR 
whalen rt OR 
wheeler rm OR 
whitson p OR 
wiederhold ml OR 
wiener el OR 
winget cm OR 
wolgemuth d OR 
worgul bv OR 
young lr) OR

(jsubsets 
OR (aviakosm ekolog med [ta] OR 
int j radiat biol [ta] OR 
radiat res [ta] OR 
kosm biol aviakosm med [ta] OR 
aviat space environ med [ta] OR 
adv space biol med [ta] OR 
orig life evol biosph [ta] OR 
space life sci [ta] OR 
undersea biomed res [ta] OR 
riv med aeronaut spaz [ta] OR 
undersea hyperb med [ta] OR 
extremophiles [ta] OR 
j vestib res [ta] OR 
hum factors [ta] OR 
ergonomics [ta] OR 
med sci sports exerc [ta] OR 
appl human sci [ta] OR 
high alt med biol [ta] OR 
journal of human ergology [ta])) OR


(space flight OR 
extraterrestrial environment OR 
extraterrestrial 
OR aerospace medicine OR 
aerospace [tw] OR 
submarine medicine OR 
space suits OR 
space suit OR 
spacecraft OR 
spacelab OR 
skylab OR 
interplanetary OR 
space shuttle OR 
space craft OR 
(space [ti] AND biology [ti]) OR 
apollo OR 
sputnik OR 
biosputnik OR 
soyuz OR 
soiuz OR 
salyut OR 
saliut OR 
kosmos OR 
aragatz OR 
parabolic flight OR 
kc-135 OR 
sounding rocket OR 
space station OR 
spacehab OR gravitation OR 
microgravitation OR 
microgravitational OR 
hypergravity OR 
hypergravitational OR 

hypergravitation OR 
hypergravities OR 
hypogravity OR 
hypogravitation OR 
hypogravitational OR 
gravity perception OR 
gravitropism OR 
geotropic OR 
geotropically OR 
gravitactic OR 
gravitactically OR 
gravitary OR 
gravitating OR 
gravitationally OR 
gravitational OR 
gravitationnelle OR 
gravitationsphysik OR 
gravitationsphysiologie OR 
gravitaxis OR 
gravitic OR 
gravitino OR 
gravitinos OR 
gravitionertial OR 
gravito OR 
gravitoelectromagnetism OR 
gravitoinertial OR 
gravitomagnet OR 
gravitomagnetic OR 
gravitomagnetism OR 
graviton OR 
gravitons OR 
gravitoreceptive OR 
gravitotropic OR 
gravitransduction OR 
gravitropes OR 
gravitropic OR 
gravitropically OR 
phototropism OR 
phototropic OR 
hindlimb suspension OR ((hindlimb OR skeletal) AND (unload OR unloaded OR 
unloading OR 
unloads)) OR 
head-down tilt OR 
hypokinesia OR 
weightlessness simulation OR 
space simulation OR 
weightlessness countermeasures OR 
astronauts OR 
astronaut OR 
nasa OR 
aeronautics OR 
weightless OR 
weightlessness OR 
aquanaut OR 
aquanauts OR 
spaceman OR 
spacemen OR 
(telemedicine AND aviation) OR 
extravehicular OR 
extravehicular activity OR 
high-g acceleration OR 
g-loc OR 
linear acceleration OR 
nasa [ad] OR 
((goddard [ad] OR 
johnson [ad] OR 
kennedy [ad] OR 
marshall [ad] OR 
stennis [ad] OR 
glenn [ad]) AND space [ad]) OR 
centre national etudes spatiales OR 
(centre [ad] national [ad] etudes [ad] spatiales [ad]) OR 
dfvlr OR 
european space agency OR 
(ames [ad] NOT (iowa [ad] OR 
ia [ad])) OR 
((langley [ad] AND center [ad]) NOT porter [ad])) OR


(exobiology OR 
(environmental microbiology AND geologic sediments)) OR


(elementary particle interactions OR 
linear energy transfer OR heavy ions OR 
(elementary particles AND radiation, ionizing AND space) OR 
cosmic radiation OR 
(particle accelerators AND radiation, ionizing) OR 
(radiation protection AND space)) OR


(decompression sickness OR 
g suits OR 
atmosphere exposure chambers OR 
ecological systems, closed OR 
diving/ph OR 
((life support systems OR 
controlled environment [mh:noexp]) AND (biological OR 
lighting OR 
light [mh] OR 
photoperiod OR 
bioregenerative OR 
crops [tw] OR 
crops, agricultural OR 
water purification OR 
air conditioning OR 
habitability OR 
bioreactors OR 
food handling)) OR 
life support systems/is OR 
(waste management [mh] AND bioreactors) OR 
zeoponics) OR


(lbnp OR cardiovascular deconditioning OR 
((orthostatic hypotension OR orthostatic intolerance) AND (bedrest OR hemodynamics)) OR 
(fluid shifts AND posture) OR 
(pressoreceptors AND baroreflex AND carotid AND cardiac output)) OR


((integrins OR 
cytoskeleton OR 
mechanoreceptors OR 
tensegrity OR 
mechanotransduction OR 
extracellular matrix) AND mechanical stress AND signal transduction) OR


(plant growth regulators AND signal transduction AND plants) OR


(motion Sickness OR 
coriolis force OR 
space adaptation syndrome OR 
(vestibule AND head movements) OR 
(vestibular AND head movements) OR 
reflex, vestibulo-ocular OR 
((visual perception [mh:noexp] OR 
motion perception [mh] OR 
eye movements [mh]) AND acceleration) OR 
motion perception [mh] AND (rotation OR tilt) OR 
(vestibule AND acceleration) OR 
(vestibular AND acceleration) OR 
(neuronal plasticity [majr] AND (adaptation, physiological OR 
acceleration)) OR 
((orientation [mh] OR 
proprioception [mh]) AND acceleration) OR 
(dynamic [tw] postural [tw] control [tw]) OR 
(tilt vestib*)) OR


(circadian rhythm AND (work schedule tolerance OR 
sleep deprivation [mh] OR 
melatonin [mh] OR 
adaptation, physiological OR 
adaptation, psychological)) OR


(((human engineering OR 
anthropometry) AND aviation) OR 
((social isolation OR 
adaptation, psychological OR 
stress, psychological) AND (arctic regions OR 
antarctic regions)) OR 
((astronaut OR 
pilots OR aviation) AND (workload OR mental processes OR 
group processes OR 
cross-cultural comparison))) OR


(bone density [mh] AND (weight-bearing [mh] OR 
bed rest [mh] OR 
biomechanics [mh:noexp] OR 
acceleration) OR 
bone and bones/ph AND (weight-bearing [mh] OR 
bed rest [mh] OR 
acceleration OR 
biomechanics [mh:noexp]) OR 
((bone and bones [mh] OR 
muscle, skeletal) AND (reload 
OR unload OR reloading OR unloading)) OR 
((bone development [majr] OR 
bone remodeling [majr]) AND (acceleration OR 
weight-bearing [mh] OR 
bed rest [mh] OR biomechanics [mh:noexp])) OR 
((bone and bones [majr] OR 
biomechanics [mh:noexp]) AND (adaptation, physiological OR 
models, biological)) OR 
((muscle fibers OR muscle atrophy OR 
muscular atrophy OR 
skeletal muscle) AND (bed rest OR 
bedrest OR 
acceleration OR 
adaptation, physiological)) OR 
bone demineralization, pathologic OR 
bone resorption [mh] OR 
calcification, physiologic OR 
bone matrix [mh] OR 
calcification, physiologic OR 
osteogenesis [majr] OR 
osteoblasts [majr] OR 
osteoclasts [majr] OR 
chondrocytes [majr] OR 
((muscle proteins [majr] OR 
calcitriol [majr] OR 
vitamin d [majr]) AND (adaptation, physiological OR 
bed rest [mh] OR 
acceleration)))


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Last reviewed: 29 January 2008
Last updated: 28 March 2007
First published: 05 October 2001
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