A neurophysiological approach to effects induced by accelerated particles on the central nervous system in mice

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-428

  Loizzo, Stefano ^a   Lopez, Luisa ^a   Pedrazzo, Giovanni ^a   Loizzo, Alberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerated particles; Cortex; ERG (electroretinogram); Evoked responses; f VEP (flash visual evoked potential); Flash; Phosphenes; Visual system

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; MICE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RETINA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0036965691     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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