Neuropathology of delayed encephalopathy in cats induced by heavy-ion irradiation

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-352

  Okeda, Riki ^a   Okada, Shinobu ^b   Kawano, Akihiro ^c   Matsushita, Satoru ^c   Kuroiwa, Toshihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Delayed encephalopathy; Delayed myelopathy; Heavy ion irradiation; Hyperpermeability

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARITY; HEAVY IONS; ION BOMBARDMENT;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; BRAIN EDEMA; CAVITY FORMATION; DELAYED ENCEPHALOPATHY; DELAYED MYELOPATHY; HEAVY IONS IRRADIATIONS; HYPERPERMEABILITY; MYELOPATHY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; WHITE MATTER;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

CARBON; HEAVY ION; ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY ION RADIATION; HEMISPHERE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATATION; VEIN DILATATION; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPILLARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; TIME; X RAY;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CAPILLARIES; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAVY IONS; IONS; MALE; RATS; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 2342486213     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.44.345     Document Type: Article

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