title: Oxygen tension in the somatosensory cortex of rhesus monkeys in space.
abstract: Oxygen tension (pO2) in the somatosensory cortex of rhesus monkeys was measured polarographically. Immediately after insertion into orbit (the first 40-60 min), the parameter increased significantly and then fell below the baseline. However, at later flight stages pO2 was adequate, indicating that cerebral circulation regulation adapted well to the space environment and that the somatosensory cortex was not exposed to hypoxemia.
authors.affiliation: RF SRC--Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Krotov
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nosovsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013026:Space Flight; D014893:Weightlessness
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen