Studies of physiology and the morphology of the cat LGN following proton irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1247-1257

  Reder, Chad S ^a,b   Moyers, Michael F ^b   Lau, Daryl ^a   Kirby, Michael A ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbeam; Proton; Receptive field; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROTONS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034653311     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00529-5     Document Type: Article

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