V. Cigankova et al., MORPHOLOGICAL-CHANGES IN TISSUE OF THE TESTES AND KIDNEYS IN JAPANESE-QUAIL EXPOSED TO MICROGRAVITY, ACT VET B, 62, 1993, pp. 190000069-190000071
The effect of 7-days microgravity on the electronmicroscopical picture
of testis and kidney of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) w
as studied on board the cosmic station MIR. Three groups of quail were
used: experimental flight group (aboard the space station), a synchro
nous control group, and a laboratory control. As studied by the transm
ission electron microscopy ultrastructural changes in tissues of teste
s and kidneys in-both the experimental flight and synchronous control
groups were the same and are interpreted as reversible.