Delayed effects of prenatal low-dose irradiation in the white matter of the rat brain

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1327-1334

  Reyners, H ^a   Gianfelici De Reyners, E ^a   Yan, J ^a   De Saint Georges, L ^a   Desaintes, C ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RAT; WHITE MATTER; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; AXONS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MYELIN SHEATH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032707685     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530099139494     Document Type: Article

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