Effects of prenatal low-dose beta radiation from tritiated water on learning and memory in rats and their possible mechanisms

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-272

  Gao, Wei Min ^a   Wang, Bing ^b   Zhou, Xiang Yan ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; TRITIUM OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BETA RAYS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRITIUM; WATER;

EID: 0032877874     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580326     Document Type: Article

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