Consequences of Simulated Microgravity in Neural Stem Cells: Biological Effects and Metabolic Response

Marianna Silvano^1#, Evelina Miele^1,2#, Mariacristina Valerio^3#, Luca Casadei³, Federica Begalli¹, Antonio Francesco Campese¹, Zein Mersini Besharat¹, Vincenzo Alfano¹, Luana Abballe¹, Giuseppina Catanzaro⁴, Maddalena Napolitano¹, Alessandra Vacca⁴, Isabella Screpanti^1,2, Cesare Manetti³, Elisabetta Ferretti^4* and Agnese Po¹

¹Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome 00161, Italy, E-mail: MariannaSilvano@edu.co.in

²Center for Life Nano Science, Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome 00161, Italy, E-mail: MariannaSilvano@edu.co.in

³Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy, E-mail: MariannaSilvano@edu.co.in

⁴Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome 00161, Italy, E-mail: MariannaSilvano@edu.co.in

^#Contributed equally to this work