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Gravity and the Tonic Postural Motor System

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Inesa Benediktovna Kozlovskaya is the head of a branch of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honored Scientist and Engineer of the Russian Federation, a specialist in gravitational physiology, a participant in biomedical investigations during the spaceflights of the orbital stations Salyut-7, Mir, and ISS, as well as the flights of Bion biosatellites. She is one of the developers of the system of counter measures against unfavorable changes in the body in manned flights. She founded the school of the gravitational physiology of movements. Her scientific achievements are awarded with Russian and international prizes and awards. The editorial board of the journal sincerely congratulates Prof. Kozlovskaya on her ninetieth birthday and wishes her well-doing and many more years of active life.

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