[Adaptation to new environments: microgravity].
Review and analysis of the experiments with Wastar rats in microgravity onboard "Cosmos" biosatellites allows to conclude that adaptive potentials of mammals in space flights lasting up to 1/50 th of their life span are enough for rapid elimination of microgravity-induced metabolic and structural alterations on return to Earth, for maintenance of adequate reactions to acute and chronic stressors in the post-flight period, for normal reproductive function and life span. Consideration is given to individual differences in body responses to the micro-g environment.
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RF State Scientific Center - Institute of Biomedical Problems of RAS, Moscow.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D013026:Space Flight; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014893:Weightlessness