Multiple simulated spaceflight stressors impact cardiac fibrosis, calcium dynamics, immune function, cytokines and gene variants in rat, Rattus norvegicus (IMAGE)

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Multiple simulated spaceflight stressors impact cardiac fibrosis, calcium dynamics, immune function, cytokines and gene variants in rat, Rattus norvegicus

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Artist's depiction of the potential cardiovascular effects of galactic cosmic radiation during a Mars mission. In the rat study, exposure to simulated galactic cosmic radiation was associated with increased collagen deposition within the coronary vessel wall (perivascular cardiac fibrosis), a finding that emerged during long-term follow-up.

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Dave Kiehl, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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