Behavioral consequences of radiation exposure to simulated space radiation in the C57BL/6 mouse: Open field, rotorod, and acoustic startle

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 329-340

  Pecaut, Michael J ^a,b   Haerich, Paul ^a   Zuccarelli, Cara N ^a   Smith, Anna L ^a   Zendejas, Eric D ^a   Nelson, Gregory A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SPACE FLIGHT; STARTLE REFLEX; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

PROTON;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PROTONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036982598     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.2.4.329     Document Type: Article

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