Electrophysiological experiments in microgravity: lessons learned and future challenges

Effect of microgravity on cellular and organ functions that depend on ion channels. Gravity affects ion-channel-dependent physiological functions at all level of organization, from the membrane and the channels to the whole organism (left column). The middle column indicates microgravity induced effects and the right column indicate the specimen in which these effects have been observed. The images (left column) illustrate representative structures of microgravity exposed specimen