"Gravity Sensing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Process whereby a cell, bodily structure, or organism (animal or plant) receives or detects a gravity stimulus. Gravity sensing plays an important role in the directional growth and development of an organism (GRAVITROPISM).
| Descriptor ID |
D018466
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.561.790.255 G15.375
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| Concept/Terms |
Gravity Sensing- Gravity Sensing
- Sensing, Gravity
- Gravisensing
- Gravity Perception
- Perception, Gravity
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gravity Sensing" by people in Profiles.
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Neuroscience: Up, down, flying around. Nature. 2009 Mar 12; 458(7235):156-7.
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The behavioral responses of amphibians and reptiles to microgravity on parabolic flights. Zoology (Jena). 2005; 108(2):107-20.