Marked depression of radiation-induced emesis in frogs following prior exposure to a brief dose of X-rays

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 828-832

  Miyachi, Yukihisa ^a   Koike, Takahisa ^a   Muroi, Kenzo ^a   Kanao, Tomoko ^a   Kawamoto, Taro ^b   Yamada, Takeshi ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Low Dose Radiation Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emesis; Frog; Hormesis; Low dose X rays; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; LETHAL DOSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED EMESIS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; X RAY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; RANIDAE; VOMITING; X-RAY THERAPY; X-RAYS;

EID: 0036443034     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y02-108     Document Type: Article

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