Focus 5 References

Certain parts of the text were excerpted and adapted from the following publications and other references:

For the section describing Earth Physiology:

  1. Astrand P-O, Rodahl K (1986). Textbook of Work Physiology: Physiological Bassis of Exercise, 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
  2. Brown WH, McClarin JA (1980). Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry, 3rd ed. Willard Grant Press, Boston, Massachusetts.
  3. Fox Sl (1987). Human Physiology, 2nd ed. William C Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.
  4. Guyton AC (1986). Textbook of Medical Physiology, 7th ed. WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.
  5. Nourse AE (1964). The Body. Life Science Laboratory, Time Incorporated, New York.
  6. Oram RF (1989). Biology: Living Systems. Merrill Publishing Company, Columbus, OH.
  7. Equine Exercise Physiology (1983). Snow DH, Persson soft Rose RJ (eds.), Burlington Press: Granta Editions.
  8. The Incredible Machine (1992). Poole RM (ad.), National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.
For the section describing Earth physiology, particularly the examples pointed out related to muscle structure and the comparison between Michael Jordan and Mother Teresa:
  1. Emmons S (1994). Miracle muscles. Los Angeles Times, January 30, 1994.
For the section discussing animal experimentation:
  1. Science, Medicine, and Animals (1991). Report by the Committee on the Use of Animals in Research, National Academy of Sciences. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
For the section describing the space flight results and as influence for numerous figures and tables:
  1. Baldwin KM, Herrick RE, McCue SA (1993). Substrate oxidation capacity in rodent skeletal muscle: effects of exposure to zero gravity. J. Appl. Physiol. 75(6): 2466-2470.
  2. Caiozzo VJ, Baker MJ, Herrick RE, Tao M, Baldwin KM (1994). Effect of spaceflight on skeletal muscle: mechanical properties and myosin isoform content of a slow antigravity muscle. J. Appl. Physiol. In press.
  3. Haddad F. Herrick RE, Adams GR, Baldwin KM (1993). Myosin heavy chain expression in rodent skeletal muscle: effects of exposure to zero gravity. J. Appl. Physiol. 75(6): 2471-2477.
  4. McNulty AL, Otto AJ, Kasper CE, Thomas DP (1992). Effect of recovery mode following hind-limb suspension on soleus muscle composition in the rat. Int. J. Sports Med. Vol 13, No 1, 0-14.
  5. Biomedical Results from Skylab (1977). Johnston S. Dietlein LF (eds.), SP-377, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
  6. Spacelab life Sciences 1: 180-day Preliminary Results (1991). NASA Headquarters, Washingtan, DC.

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