Assessment of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Glycosaminoglycan Content by Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI before and after 21-Days of Head-Down-Tilt Bedrest

• Timmo Koy,

  Affiliation University of Cologne, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Cologne, Germany

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• Jochen Zange,

  Affiliation German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Department Space Physiology, Cologne, Germany

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• Jörn Rittweger,

  Affiliation German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Department Space Physiology, Cologne, Germany

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• Regina Pohle-Fröhlich,

  Affiliation Hochschule Niederrhein, Institute for Pattern Recognition, Krefeld, Germany

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• Matthias Hackenbroch,

  Affiliation University of Cologne, Department of Radiology, Cologne, Germany

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• Peer Eysel,

  Affiliations University of Cologne, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Cologne, Germany, Cologne Center for Musculoskeletal Biomechanics (CCMB), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Bergita Ganse

  * E-mail: bergita.ganse@dlr.de

  Affiliations German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Department Space Physiology, Cologne, Germany, Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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