image: MicroCT images of the femoral head bone and cartilage in ground control (GC) versus spaceflight (FLT), showing premature secondary ossification in microgravity.
Credit: Eduardo Almeida, Rukmani Cahill and Elizabeth Blaber, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Article URL: https://plos.io/3FxPQEj
Article title: 37-Day microgravity exposure in 16-Week female C57BL/6J mice is associated with bone loss specific to weight-bearing skeletal sites
Author countries: US
Funding: Supported by NASA Space Biology Grant NNH14ZTT001N14-14SF to EACA. The funder did not play any role in the study design, data collection, analysis and manuscript preparation, or in the decision to submit for publication. https://science.nasa.gov/biological-physical/programs/space-biology/
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
37-Day microgravity exposure in 16-Week female C57BL/6J mice is associated with bone loss specific to weight-bearing skeletal sites
Article Publication Date
26-Mar-2025
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.