About the Authors
- Masahiro Terada
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* E-mail: terada.masahiro@jikei.ac.jp
Affiliations Divison of Aerospace Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan, Space Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America
- Masaya Seki
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Affiliation Advanced Engineering Services Co., Ltd., Takezono, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan
- Rika Takahashi
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Affiliation Advanced Engineering Services Co., Ltd., Takezono, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan
- Shin Yamada
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Affiliation Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan
- Akira Higashibata
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Affiliations Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan
- Hideyuki J. Majima
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Affiliation Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan
- Masamichi Sudoh
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Affiliations Divison of Aerospace Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan
- Chiaki Mukai
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Affiliation Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan
- Noriaki Ishioka
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Affiliations Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Space and Astronautical Science, School of Physical Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Competing Interests
The experimental cost for this study was funded by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Masaya Seki and Rika Takahashi are employed by Advanced Engineering Services Co., Ltd. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MT SY AH HM M. Sudoh CM NI. Performed the experiments: MT M. Seki RT. Analyzed the data: MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT. Wrote the paper: MT.