Late behavioural and neuropathological effects of local brain irradiation in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 99-114

  Hodges, Helen ^a   Katzung, Nicole ^a   Sowinski, Peter ^a   Hopewell, John W ^b   Wilkinson, John H ^b   Bywaters, Tony ^b   Rezvani, Mohi ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fimbria fornix; Myelin degeneration working memory; T maze; Water maze; X ray irradiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; MAZE TEST; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION; X-RAYS;

EID: 0032033535     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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